MediaWiki:Response to Wookieepedia's naming policy
As of this article's posting, Wookiepedia—the internet's foremost Star Wars wiki—is holding a vote on whether or not to continue to use the pre-transition names, or "deadnames", of transgender and nonbinary creative figures. Though a majority of users support solely using transgender creators' preferred names outside of article redirects, Wookiepedia's consensus policy means that a 2:1 vote ratio in favor of this change is needed for it to be implemented, and as such this vote risks failing.
The staff and userbase of TFWiki.net stand in solidarity with Robin Pronovost and other Wookiepedia editors advocating for this change in policy. We believe that the goal of building a comprehensive and accurate online encyclopedia in no way precludes treating people's identities with compassion and respect, something that the current Wookiepedia naming policy fails to do. As the internet's foremost Transformers wiki, we call on Wookiepedia's editorial community to reflect the identities and expression of the people they cover, rather than deadname and misgender them out of a misguided sense of "accuracy".
The TFWiki staff would encourage any user or editor of this wiki who is an active editor on Wookiepedia to vote in favour of this policy amendment, before the vote ends on March 30, 2021. While we do not wish to encourage sockpuppeting or gaming of the system, we strongly believe that this policy change would be the best thing for Wookiepedia and the online wiki community as a whole.
