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== Ada Lovelace should be added to the science section of the article ==

How is possible that Ada Lovelace is not mentioned in the science section of this article? 

Ada Lovelace was the creator one of the first algorithms for modern computers, she had the intention to develop software for multipurpose tasks, not just the first woman, but one of the first humans if not the first in doing that. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace#First_published_computer_program

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note_G

Thanks.--[[User:Zchemic|Zchemic]] ([[User talk:Zchemic|talk]]) 16:31, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

:The section {{slink|Women|Science, literature and art}} is meant to be a summary of the articles [[Women in science]], [[Women in literature]], and [[Women in art]]. To avoid becoming overly long and cluttered (it already contains 6 paras and 2 images), it cannot hope to include every notable woman in these fields, regardless of her contributions. The Countess of Lovelace is mentioned in {{slink|Women_in_science#Early_nineteenth_century}} and her portrait appears in an imagebox alongside Curie later in that article.
:It is for the best that the text of this summary section mostly avoids mentioning women by name, as this begets lots of {{tq|why does X get included, and not Y}}, which eventually expands into a [[WP:BLUESEA]] of links. For a particularly egregious example of the useless and unreadable text this kind of editing produces, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gay_icon&oldid=995370073#2010s%E2%80%93present old revisions of the article Gay icon]. –[[User:RoxySaunders|RoxySaunders 🏳️‍⚧️]] ([[User talk:RoxySaunders|💬]] • [[Special:Contributions/RoxySaunders|📝]]) 17:51, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

== On "wermann" ==

The page in its current form mentions without sources the supposed existence of the Old English word ''wermann''. This word is, unless I'm gravely mistaken, completely unattested (try finding it on Wiktionary, for example) and possibly fabricated. Unless a good source can be found for the existence of ''wermann'' as an OE word (and a cursory internet search reveals only discussions pondering where on earth it supposedly came from), its mention ought to be removed. [[User:AutisticCatnip|AutisticCatnip]] ([[User talk:AutisticCatnip|talk]]) 04:07, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

:You appear to be correct. For those interested, here are some such discussions [https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4psymv/in_english_when_was_wereman_replaced_by_man_and/][https://www.reddit.com/r/OldEnglish/comments/sa3n2w/who_invented_the_word_werman/][https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26574747]. I've gone and made an edit ([[Special:Diff/1216741813]]) which replaces the specious ''wermann'' with ''wer'' (apparently the most common OE word for male/man) and {{wt|ang|wǣpnedmann}}, which is attested occasionally as the analogue to ''wifmann''. I hope this looks acceptable.
:I think the Dictionary.com link is rotten, as it no longer contains the information we're citing it for. If anyone has access to the OED or another source which verifies this etymology, please verify this text if possible. –[[User:RoxySaunders|RoxySaunders 🏳️‍⚧️]] ([[User talk:RoxySaunders|💬]] • [[Special:Contributions/RoxySaunders|📝]]) 18:41, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

== Why does this page use [[extended confirmed protection]] even though [[Man]] uses semi-protection only? ==

... [[User:Usersnipedname|Usersnipedname]] ([[User talk:Usersnipedname|talk]]) 08:20, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

:GENSEX enforcement vs. generic vandalism. [[User:Dronebogus|Dronebogus]] ([[User talk:Dronebogus|talk]]) 12:55, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
:Also because trolls and bigots perseverate more on people [[assigned male at birth]] who are either gay/bi/pan or trans. Transwomen are targeted more than transmen and thus this article gets more trolls. Here's an article: [https://www.mprnews.org/story/2013/04/28/gays-vs-lesbians-acceptance] [[User:EvergreenFir|'''<span style="color:#8b00ff;">Eve</span><span style="color:#6528c2;">rgr</span><span style="color:#3f5184;">een</span><span style="color:#197947;">Fir</span>''']] [[User talk:EvergreenFir|(talk)]] 16:03, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
:The page has had ECP since July 2023. At that time the article and talk had some targeted vandalism from sockpuppets that had gamed autoconfirmation. –[[User:RoxySaunders|RoxySaunders 🏳️‍⚧️]] ([[User talk:RoxySaunders|💬]] • [[Special:Contributions/RoxySaunders|📝]]) 04:54, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

== A new departure required for this article (and others) ==

Following the Tickle v Giggle judgement should this article be reframed in its entirety?

[https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/23/roxanne-tickle-v-giggle-for-girls-transgender-woman-wins-discrimination-case-against-women-female-only-app-ntwnfb The Guardian points out:]

The Australian Human Rights Commission acted as a friend of the court. Barrister Zelie Heger told the court that sex was no longer defined in the Sex Discrimination Act but that “importantly the act recognises that a person’s sex is not limited to [being a man or a woman]”.

This doesn’t just have repercussions in the jurisdiction of the court that made the judgement  

[https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07ev1v7r4po The Beeb draws attention to the significance of this judgement]:

“So today’s ruling in favour of Tickle will be significant for all the 189 countries where CEDAW has been ratified - from Brazil to India to South Africa.

When it comes to interpreting international treaties, national courts often look at how other countries have done it.

Australia’s interpretation of the law in a case that got this level of media attention is likely to have global repercussions.

If over time a growing number of courts rule in favour of gender identity claims - it is more likely that other countries will follow suit.”

Is the term ‘Woman’ as has been widely understood and as reflected in this article (possibly even as a distinct definition) becoming  anachronistic?

[[User:Lukewarmbeer|Lukewarmbeer]] ([[User talk:Lukewarmbeer|talk]]) 08:52, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

:The judgment is from a single Australian court and legal definitions don't necessarily override biological, social, or historical understandings of womanhood. The article currently presents multiple viewpoints, including both traditional and evolving definitions of womanhood. Legal definitions serve specific purposes and may not encompass the full complexity of biological, social, and cultural understandings of womanhood. The concept of woman has deep cultural, historical, and biological roots that extend beyond legal definitions. 
:Wikipedia should aim to present mainstream knowledge and established facts. A single court case does not warrant an immediate overhaul of a fundamental concept. The article should reflect various perspectives, including traditional definitions alongside emerging views. Drastically changing the article based on one legal decision is overreactive. 
:Major changes should be based on broad scholarly and societal consensus, not single events. The current article already includes information on gender identity and the evolving understanding of sex and gender in the opening section. Adding information about this court case and its implications could be done without completely reframing the entire article. The implications of this ruling might be better covered in a separate article or section, rather than reframing the entire concept of woman. [[User:ViolanteMD|ViolanteMD]] ([[User talk:ViolanteMD|talk]]) 01:57, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
::That's a great response. Thanks for taking the time. I'm broadly very with you but I think, given the 'lean' that what we consider to be RS have it's a discussion we need to have.
::Let's see if any other editors have a view. [[User:Lukewarmbeer|Lukewarmbeer]] ([[User talk:Lukewarmbeer|talk]]) 08:24, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
:::It's not even clear what would need to be changed, but regardless, I agree with ViolanteMD that it is not warranted to reframe anything at this time. The content in the article is based on reliable sources on the topic, of which there are extremely many; a court case isn't going to impact that much. <span style="font-family:Palatino">[[User:Crossroads|'''Crossroads''']]</span> <sup>[[User talk:Crossroads|-talk-]]</sup> 22:33, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
:::It's not exactly a revolutionary position either. For many legal purposes, gender/sex is defined as something that can be reassigned, rather than what you were born as. [[User:Anywikiuser|Anywikiuser]] ([[User talk:Anywikiuser|talk]]) 13:51, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

== Usage of phrasing from the article of trans woman in this article ==

@[[User:Crossroads|Crossroads]]

The phrasing of {{xt|[[Transgender women]] are women who were [[sex assignment|assigned male at birth]] and have a female [[gender identity]]}} is the phrasing used on the article for [[trans woman]] and is the result of a longstanding consensus and discussion. Attempts to that definition should be made on the article [[trans woman]], not this article. [[User:A Socialist Trans Girl|<span style="font-family:default;color:#246BCE;">A Socialist</span>]] [[User talk:A Socialist Trans Girl|<span style="font-family:default;color:#FF1493;">Trans Girl</span>]] 03:41, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

:There's no rule that says we have to copy the exact wording from another article.  The point to be made in this paragraph is that gender assignment doesn't necessarily align with gender identity.  "[[Trans women]] have a [[gender identity]] that does not align with their [[sex assignment]]" is true, verifiable, concise, and relevant to the specific point.  If the point of the paragraph were to insist that trans women really are True™ women, despite the contrary POV held by some people, then we might want to reconsider that, but I think this is enough for the actual point of the paragraph. [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 03:56, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
::Given the multiple 200KB RfCs related to this phrase (newcomers, see [[Talk:Trans woman/Archive 4]], [[Talk:Trans woman/Archive 10]], [[Talk:Trans woman/Definitions]] and bring a snack) it seems prudent for this article to reflect the consensus—rather, the status-quo in the absence of consensus—at [[Trans woman]]. The validity of trans womanhood within Wikivoice is, if not a shut case, then something I'm very tired of reading centralized discussions about. –[[User:RoxySaunders|RoxySaunders 🏳️‍⚧️]] ([[User talk:RoxySaunders|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/RoxySaunders|stalk]]) 04:24, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
:::An RFC about what to say in the [[MOS:FIRST]] sentence of a different article has no bearing on what to say elsewhere in a different article.
:::Your comment has reminded me of a discussion earlier this year (probably related to [[WP:LOCALCON]]) about whether editors have an RFC on one page and then assert that the decision at Article A applies to all articles.  I was skeptical that editors actually tried that, but you have just proven that they do. [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 05:03, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
::::This sentence is [[WP:SUMMARY|summarizing]] a sub-topic, (and could be [[WP:SYNC]]ed using an [[Template:Excerpt|Excerpt]]) if we weren't also pluralizing and combining it with a definition of Intersex), I think the phrasing at the target article is definitely relevant (if not binding). I think those past discussions are relevant here, if not binding. –[[User:RoxySaunders|RoxySaunders 🏳️‍⚧️]] ([[User talk:RoxySaunders|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/RoxySaunders|stalk]]) 14:02, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
:::::This (half) sentence in the lead connects to (most of) a single paragraph in the body, which does not really feel like a [[WP:SUMMARY]] situation to me. [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 21:44, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
::@[[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] That's true that there's no rule for it having to do that, however I see no reason for it '''not''' to mirror the phrasing from its own article.
::The thing with that sentence is that it doesn't establish the relationship to the topic, and can leave readers confused about the relation to the article. Establishing the relationship to the article of a category of woman is far more clear than the current version.
::Additionally, I don't see much underlying reasoning for removing it other than the belief that they AREN'T. Which, {{xt|The relative prominence of each viewpoint among Wikipedia editors or the general public is irrelevant and should not be considered.}} (from WP:UNDUE). The point of the paragraph is to highlight the existence of two specific types of women and provide a definition for them. 
::Your sentence proposal of "Trans women have a gender identity that does not align with their sex assignment" doesn't work as a definition, because the definition form would therefore be "(someone) who has a gender identity that doesn't align with their sex assignment" which is too broad. 
::Also for RoxySaunders' reasoning that it 'makes it semantically clear that we are defining a term, not merely making an observation.'. [[User:A Socialist Trans Girl|<span style="font-family:default;color:#246BCE;">A Socialist</span>]] [[User talk:A Socialist Trans Girl|<span style="font-family:default;color:#FF1493;">Trans Girl</span>]] 10:11, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
:::I don't think this article needs to define trans women.  I think it needs to provide information about trans women.
:::BTW, what you have called "my sentence proposal" is what the article said before your recent efforts to change it.  10 years ago, trans women were barely name-checked in the lead as an example of women who could not give birth.  Five years ago, this article said "Some women are [[Trans women|trans]] (those who have a male [[sex assignment]] that does not align with their [[gender identity]]), or [[intersex]] (those born with sexual characteristics that do not fit typical notions of male or female)."  For a while, it said "Trans women are those who...".  The "have" language appeared soon after that. [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 22:08, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
::::@[[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] Well there's not much point in providing information about trans women to the readers if we dont even say what trans women are, definitionally speaking. [[User:A Socialist Trans Girl|<span style="font-family:default;color:#246BCE;">A Socialist</span>]] [[User talk:A Socialist Trans Girl|<span style="font-family:default;color:#FF1493;">Trans Girl</span>]] 23:49, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
:I prefer the explicit {{xt|[Trans/intersex] women are women who...}} forms. Given the apparent challenge these identities present toward more simplistic models of sex and gender, their respective womanhood does bear repeating. The perceived redundancy in {{xt|[[Transgender women]] are women who...}} makes it semantically clear that we are defining a term, not merely making an observation. This is helpful for orienting lay readers who may initially misunderstand "transgender women" as "AFAB transgender people". –[[User:RoxySaunders|RoxySaunders 🏳️‍⚧️]] ([[User talk:RoxySaunders|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/RoxySaunders|stalk]]) 04:31, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
:I stand by what I said in my edit summary, which is that {{tq|"women are women" is redundant/poor writing}}. The lead sentence of [[trans woman]] and the sentences here on trans women serve different purposes; one defines the topic of that article, while the other describes a subset of the people described in this article. It is already established in this article that women are being talked about.
:It is not the case that {{tq|it doesn't establish the relationship to the topic}}; the term 'trans women' contains the word 'women' already. Nor will readers possibly be confused by thinking of AFAB transgender people, as it immediately defines the term with {{tq|Transgender women were assigned male at birth and have a female gender identity}}.
:My [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woman&diff=1245603585&oldid=1245455891 edit] also slimmed down "intersex women are women who...", for the same reason. <span style="font-family:Palatino">[[User:Crossroads|'''Crossroads''']]</span> <sup>[[User talk:Crossroads|-talk-]]</sup> 22:03, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
::@[[User:Crossroads|Crossroads]] How is it poor writing?
::And the purpose is to define a type of subset of woman. [[User:A Socialist Trans Girl|<span style="font-family:default;color:#246BCE;">A Socialist</span>]] [[User talk:A Socialist Trans Girl|<span style="font-family:default;color:#FF1493;">Trans Girl</span>]] 23:51, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
:::I see where Crossroads is coming from, because it does feel a bit redundant. <small>"The department of redundancy department is the department that..."</small> I would usually agree that it's subpar writing. But I think I'm this case an exception is warranted given the context. I'm sure I've explained this train of thought before, and probably more eloquently, but I think there is actually a fair bit of semantic confusion around the term "trans woman" or "trans man" that doesn't occur with say the phrase "black woman." This is hardly scientific, but my observation has been that a lot of folks think trans woman means trans man and vice versa. So I think making the somewhat ungrammatical choice is actually the superior choice. [[User:CaptainEek|<b style="color:#6a1f7f">CaptainEek</b>]] <sup>[[User talk:CaptainEek|<i style="font-size:82%; color:#a479e5">Edits Ho Cap'n!</i>]]</sup>[[Special:Contributions/CaptainEek|⚓]] 00:18, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
::::TLDR: keep it the way it was :) [[User:CaptainEek|<b style="color:#6a1f7f">CaptainEek</b>]] <sup>[[User talk:CaptainEek|<i style="font-size:82%; color:#a479e5">Edits Ho Cap'n!</i>]]</sup>[[Special:Contributions/CaptainEek|⚓]] 00:20, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
:::::@[[User:CaptainEek|CaptainEek]], I think you will have to specify when "the way it was".  Until a few weeks ago, the lead said:
:::::"[[Trans women]] have a [[gender identity]] that does not align with their male [[sex assignment]] at birth, while [[intersex]] women may have sex characteristics that do not fit typical notions of female biology." 
:::::A couple of years before that, it said:
:::::"[[Trans women]] have a male [[sex assignment]] at birth that does not align with their [[gender identity]], while [[intersex]] women may have sex characteristics that do not fit typical notions of female biology."
:::::If we go back five years, it said:
:::::"Some women are [[Trans women|trans]] (those who have a male [[sex assignment]] that does not align with their [[gender identity]]), or [[intersex]] (those born with sexual characteristics that do not fit typical notions of male or female)."
:::::The "women are women" language was [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woman&diff=prev&oldid=1245408917 introduced] recently by A Socialist Trans Girl, and it was removed less than three hours later. [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 00:38, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
::::::Hmmm, I guess I misread the edits then. I'd have to go back and see what I said in the previous discussions. [[User:CaptainEek|<b style="color:#6a1f7f">CaptainEek</b>]] <sup>[[User talk:CaptainEek|<i style="font-size:82%; color:#a479e5">Edits Ho Cap'n!</i>]]</sup>[[Special:Contributions/CaptainEek|⚓]] 01:00, 14 October 2024 (UTC)