User talk:DocZach

November 2024

Hello, I'm Raladic. I noticed that you made a comment on the page Talk:Trans woman that didn't seem very civil, so it may have been removed. Wikipedia is built on collaboration, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Raladic (talk) 19:12, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Nothing about it was uncivil. I'm sorry you saw it that way. DocZach (talk) 01:58, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

You may want to read the essay WP:NQP on why you comment was considered uncivil. Raladic (talk) 21:17, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

That's not a policy. That's an essay. And much of what that article classifies as "queerphobia" is ridiculous. DocZach (talk) 16:54, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

The essay is here for editors that may not be familiar with some policies and helps further explain them, which is why the actual cited policy/guideline for the content removed was WP:NPA as incivility towards trans women is incivility towards other editors.

In this particular case, it is also the reason why the talk page even has an Talk:Trans_woman#FAQ, because we do often get some editors who come to the talk page with their own motives, which is why such comments are very routinely removed and in some more extreme cases even revision deleted as you can see from the page history. As you saw from your attempt to re-instate the discussion, you were reminded by another editor of just that. Raladic (talk) 16:59, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

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