> Since when is that the evidenciary standard for making a decision like this? Since internet forums were a thing? Actually, since law was a thing? There's alw

> Since when is that the evidenciary standard for making a decision like this? Since internet forums were a thing? Actually, since law was a thing? There's always a human in the loop, and the human is always making a judgement call. In some cases there's a lot at stake, at other times there's very little. But ultimately people look at the guidelines, look at the history, and make a decision with the best info they have. > More importantly though, without a clear policy on the first part, then writing something which presents any way in which someone can “gently correct you” may already be a violation of the code of conduct, or could selectively be treated as such, with no hard guidelines by which someone could defend themselves as having made an honest mistake. You are arguing a problem that doesn't exist in practice. I use singular they. I sometimes include it my profiles online, in other places I don't. If someone gets it wrong and it bothers me I'll say, "Hey, no big deal, but I use singular they." I get one of two outcomes -- either a bunch of downvotes and insults, or a "Whoops, my bad" response. And we all move on.