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In 2022, an essay was written on the French Wikipedia recommending [[:fr:Wikipédia:Conventions_de_style_sur_la_transidentité|style conventions for transgender identity]]; nonetheless, edit wars continued over the precise details, culminating in the poll. For people who had met notability criteria prior to transitioning, [[:fr:Wikipédia:Sondage/Mention du nom de naissance pour les personnes trans/Résultats|the results of that poll]] were narrowly in favor of including pre-transition names in the lead, and a larger majority agreed it should be mentioned in the body. The discussion was covered, while it was ongoing, in ''[https://www.numerama.com/politique/1630558-une-question-sur-le-deadname-des-personnes-trans-divise-wikipedia.html Numerama]'' and ''[https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/mentionner-ou-non-l-ancien-nom-de-personnes-trans-le-debat-agite-wikipedia-8562090 France Inter]'' and later by ''[https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2024/03/12/wikipedia-s-french-speaking-community-is-torn-apart-over-deadnaming-trans-people_6611905_13.html Le Monde]''.
During the discussion there were [[:fr:Wikipédia:Bulletin_des_administrateurs/2024/Semaine_7#Sinkra_(d_·_c_·_b)|charges of canvassing]]. Sinkra, the president of [[:fr:Les_sans_pagEs|Les sans pagEs]] (the French equivalent of [[Women in Red]]) was given a three-day block for canvassing/[[:fr:WP:PANTIN|meatpuppetry]]<ref group="n">(The fr.wp policy is called {{lang|fr|pantin}}, which literally means "puppet", but on the French Wikipedia they say that to mean [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#Meatpuppetry|meatpuppetry]] — their term for what we call a "[[WP:SOCK|sockpuppet]]" is a {{lang|fr|[[:fr:WP:FN|faux-nez]]}}, or 'false nose').</ref> after she posted a [https://eldritch.cafe/@Sinkra/111918077592366525 notification] to a public [[Mastodon (social network)|Mastodon instance]] asking people to participate. Other editors, who retooted {{Huh?}} asking for specific votes, were more heavily sanctioned. The poll, in its [[:fr:Wikipédia:Sondage/Mention_du_nom_de_naissance_pour_les_personnes_trans/Résultats#Irrégularités_constatées_dans_le_recueil_des_avis|section on canvassing]], argued that the notifications swayed the results for amounts ranging 1% to 6% for the different questions. Several comments referenced [[woke|''{{lang|fr|le wokisme|italic=unset}}'']].
The authors of the open letter argued that within the discussion, they were subject to unfair accusations of bias due to their identities. They stated they regretted the results of the poll, as well as a poll 4 years ago which had closed with consensus against the use of the French gender-neutral pronoun {{lang|fr|[[iel (pronoun)|iel]]}}. They applauded the work being done to improve articles relating to transgender topics, while stating too many editors had left due to the editing environment. Previously, in October 2022 {{lang|fr|[[Le Nouvel Obs]]}} [https://www.nouvelobs.com/bibliobs/20221013.OBS64554/nous-denoncons-le-traitement-que-reserve-wikipedia-aux-personnes-trans-non-binaires-et-intersexes.html published an open letter] from LGBT public figures denouncing the French Wikipedia for misgendering them, deadnaming them, maintaining pre-transition photos, and attacks on editors who denounced such practices.
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