Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25951143-20150101110046/@comment-26871067-20160930031745

''Anyway. ''I've contacted both Darkchylde and MrGenial11 (I have not contacted OnePieceNation, for reasons below) to talk about changing Alluka's page to have female pronouns, but I'm not sure what the protocol is in regards to waiting on a response.

I'm aware that Darkchylde has been missing for an extensive amount of time and may not be back any time soon. OnePieceNation has expressed unambiguously transphobic sentiment, which makes me question their ability to make an objective decision based on the facts I've presented (which, again, no one has refuted in the time since I first brought them to the attention of the thread). If someone else would like to contact OnePieceNation, please feel free - that is your right. However, I hope you can understand my unwillingness to contact them.

If someone is able to refute the evidence of chapter 322's title (if you ctrl+f "322" it will bring you directly to the relevant post), I will of course be willing to listen to this and continue discussing it. But in the absence of such, and it has been several weeks since my post, I can only take the silence to mean there is no rebuttal coming (whether it exists or not - no one has arrived to posit this hypothetical response).

I understand that this is not a decision that should be left entirely in my hands, as I do not have the pull of a moderator. Given the troubled history of Alluka's page, I do not want to just change her pronouns without a discussion or general consensus - and indeed, if at a later point, a moderator decides to reverse this decision, I will respect it assuming that there is textual evidence supporting the change.

I'd like to suggest a course of action, and I'd ask that people please respond with either a yes/no answer in hopes of a majority decision.

'''Yes or no: In the event that, within the next two weeks, no moderators respond/weigh in on the thread, and no one offers a textual (i.e. evidence from the manga itself) rebuttal to chapter 322's evidence, it is acceptable for me to make alterations to Alluka's page/information on other pages regarding gender. Any unauthorized edits (non-moderator users without a consensus agreement) to my edits will be reverted.'''

So (I don't mean to patronize people, I just want to break it down as simply and professional as I can):

If a majority agrees that my proposal is acceptable (I think it's reasonable to give this 2 days - right now it is September 29th where I am, I will return to this thread on October 1st) and no responses to either my messages or my evidence are posted, here's what I will do:

1. Change any ambiguously-gendered wording (ex: "child", "younger sibling") regarding Alluka to female-gendered wording (ex: "daughter", "younger sister"), and I will change the pronouns on Alluka's page to she/hers in favor of constant use of Alluka's name.

2. Add to the "gender ambiguity" segment that the chapter title of 322 (with the explanation of the kanji used), which is free of any character's opinions or biases, indicates that Alluka is objectively meant to be read by the audience as a girl.

'''No other information on Alluka's page will be changed or removed. All of the information under "gender ambiguity" will be retained exactly as-is, excluding the above-mentioned addition.'''

If you say "yes", you are also agreeing that this is an acceptable course of action:

I n the future event that any information regarding Alluka's gender is edited either to neutral or masculine language by someone other than a moderator: If the user making the edits has not reached a consensus approving said changes in this thread, it is acceptable to revert these changes.

If it occurs to me that anything else needs to be done in regards to Alluka's gender (I don't think there is, but that's sort of the point of missing something - you miss it), I will consult the thread again for a consensus before taking action.

If all of this this is acceptable to you, please say "yes". If it is not acceptable to you, please say "no". I will not consider a lack of response to mean "no".