Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25951143-20150101110046/@comment-5780397-20151227022139

Look, if we want to solve this matter once and for all - at least, until new chapters are released - we got to swm out of all of this confusion. As it's clear, there is a lot of misinformation. What I suggest is that we write down every single instance in which Alluka is called a boy or his sex and gender can be assumed to be the same (example, which may not be correct: Killua acknowledges Alluka and Nanika as two different people; he states Alluka has no powers, it's Nanika who is able to grant wishes; he refers to Alluka as female when he talks about Nanika's powers; hence, he is actually saying Nanika is female, not Alluka) in one column and all the hints of him being a trans girl on the other. I mean it literally: every single instance. Alluka actually appears for roughly twenty chapters, it should be easy to do. We will also need a reliable translation, and probably consider the English version, too, for the pronouns, although we should also specify the English translation cannot be used as definite proof. I trust we can be unbiased in the selection of the material, since it's not left up to a single person.

Then, when everything has been clearly written down, we vote. It's often done on other wikis. Not merely cast our votes anonymously: voters must demonstrate to have read and understood all references. They will vote through a comment detailing their choice. Of course, blatantly transphobic votes and votes based on shallow, biased or flawed reasonings will be ignored. There will be three options:

1. Alluka's gender is male

2. Alluka's gender is female

3. The material does not provide concrete proof in any direction

An example of what I mean can be found here. I've seen a similar thing done - rather frequently - on the One Piece Wiki, too. Assuming the second option wins, we will have a second poll ready:

1. The article should use masculine pronouns.

2. The article should use feminine pronouns.

3. The article should use genderless pronouns (insufficient evidence or neutrality)

Confirmed contributors will be able to vote for a certain period - let's say one week from the moment the admin in charge declares all references have been put in the list. I think this will ensure a fair verdict.

Just one last thing: some of us (probably me above anyone else) have been pretty dense and stubborn, but refrain from calling people transphobic before hearing them out first. You are accusing them of rejecting a part of humanity, and that's heavy. They may be just obstinate or misinformed, or on the contrary, you may not be as right (terrible choice of words, but it's 3 a.m.) as you think, and antagonizing them will not help in any way.