Much agreement with Guillaime's comments. Otherwise I'll tweak as
necessary.

On Wednesday, June 3, 2015, Guillaume Paumier <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I don't have a lot of feedback on the other proposals, but this one
> caught my eye:
>
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Fabrice Florin <[email protected]
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > • Bruce Jenner has recently come out and changed his name to Caitlyn
> Jenner. The sudden news sparked activity on Caitlyn's Wikipedia page. See
> how editors responded and follow the story today. [link]
>
> The first sentence is problematic; it uses the wrong name, the wrong
> pronoun ("his") and reduces the male-to-female transition to a mere
> "name change". We must not post this.
>
> Regarding the other proposals, I would favor saying "Wikipedians" or
> "Wikipedia editors" instead of "Wikipedia" when saying "Wikipedia
> responded", to make it clear the people who responded are volunteer
> editors. It's more organic and human than "Wikipedia".
>
> Thank you for writing the story.
>
> --
> Guillaume Paumier
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