Freyrr
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I noticed that https://www.wikihow.com/Category:LGBT
is in relationships which is fine for lesbian, gay, and bisexual but for the transgender part of LGB T, this is a problem. It means categories such as https://www.wikihow.com/Category:Gender-Expression
are linked back to relationships and all of the trans topics also. I’m not sure if anything’s being done about categories at the moment, with the requests on hold or whatever is happening with that.
If that can be changed somehow that would be great, because having gender related how-tos in with the relationships isn’t good. Thanks!
@JayneG
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Even ignoring that being trans actually does dramatically affect your relationships with other people, I don’t really think we have so many articles on gender identity that it affects the entirety of the LGBT category? Most of what I see in the category is focused on the LGB part. Plus, even if we did move it, where else would we put it?
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Freyrr
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I’m not sure where it could be put. I just think that seeing gender expression articles in relationships (even if there aren’t quite as many) isn’t quite the right spot. Being trans does affect relationships with other people, but so does everything un-LGBT+ related. If you listen to certain music your relationships with other people might change, if you do certain things, things will change with your relationships with others. These are obviously not to the same extent, but being trans isn’t something that comes under relationships.
If someone binds their chest, they are probably doing it for what other people think when they see them also, but it isn’t just that. I would bind my chest whether I’m around others or not, so the articles about binding, packing, or the ‘opposites’ of those are definitely not in the right spot. I don’t have an idea for where they’d go, but seeing them there makes me feel like I need to change them to somewhere better.
What is the category structure change that you want? I am not an admin, so I cannot create nor move nor edit categories. Since category changes are on hold while wikiHow undergoes major redesigns and reworking in the category structure, I bet any major changes to categories would require consensus.
It’s not really “consensus” so much as just determining if it would be a good change and then asking Jayne, who then asks Chris. We replaced the Dyslexia category with Learning Disabilities and Difficulties that way recently.
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What about just under a cat for Identity
? because it isn’t just a “sexual identity” or relationship identity issue.
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Freyrr
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An identity category sounds like an awesome idea to me, what does everyone else think?
+1 to that. “Identity” is probably a better category than just plain “relationships”.
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I don’t think that really works, though, unless they’re in both categories at once. LGBT has many articles and subcategories about LGBT+ relationships specifically, including relationships with trans people. We can’t have the category tree with just “Coming Out as LGBT”, “LGBT Dating”, “Friends and Family of LGBT”, and “LGBT Marriage” under Relationships - I’m pretty sure all of the categories need to be listed, otherwise we break the tree.
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JayneG
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Although I appreciate the conversation around this, and everyone has good points, there isn’t really a simple fix here, so isn’t likely something we will tackle at the moment.
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