Wikimedia editors are considering a move to gender-neutral pronouns as default policy on some of the network's pages in hopes of becoming a more inclusive community. The move will start with Wikimedia Commons and Help pages, and has been met with general positivity so far. It grew out of discussions at the annual Wikimedia Conference in Berlin, according to user Fæ, who made the initial proposal Tuesday. Main Commons and Help namespaces would automatically support edits to gender-neutral pronouns, replacing "his or her" with "their" when preferred gender pronoun isn't specified.

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