User talk:Lalibaba

Hi, I appreciate you referencing the discussion on the capitalization of the cultural use of the word Black, and I have only just seen your responses now. It sounds like Wikipedia’s decision _not_ to follow AP guidelines on this front was determined by a vote? That is disturbing to me, as people with marginalized experiences are likely to have less time and labor to donate for free to editing pages & contributing to these conversations. How can this matter be reopened for discussion? Lalibaba (talk) 09:19, 22 January 2021 (UTC)Micael, aka lalibaba

January 2021
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Please see Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters, thank you. FDW777 (talk) 08:39, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Please do not use styles that are nonstandard, unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Thank you.

Again, please stop. You are not fixing typos, you are going against Wikipedia's manual of style. We do not use AP's style guide but our own, and despite being aware of AP's style guide we have chosen not to capitalise black. FDW777 (talk) 08:45, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

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There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. FDW777 (talk) 08:49, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

I just wrote this to user FDW... and I am reposting here:

I appreciate you referencing the discussion on the capitalization of the cultural use of the word Black, and I have only just seen your responses now. I was not intending to interfere with Wikipedia’s processes. It sounds like Wikipedia’s decision _not_ to follow AP guidelines on this front was determined by a vote? That is disturbing to me, as people with marginalized experiences are likely to have less time and labor to donate for free to editing pages & contributing to these conversations. How can this matter be reopened for discussion? Lalibaba (talk) 09:20, 22 January 2021 (UTC)Micael, aka lalibaba


 * While it may appear similar to a vote, consensus was determined by strength of argument not a simple count of heads. You are welcome to start a new discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters if you think the consensus may have changed, but as the previous discussion was aware of the AP style guide change (it's mentioned in the very first post) I doubt much will have changed since the discussion was closed on 10 December. FDW777 (talk) 09:31, 22 January 2021 (UTC)