mos identity is being revisited how should wikipedia refer to transgender individuals before and after their transition you are being contacted because you contributed to a recent discussion of mos identity that closed with the recommendation that wikipedia's policy on transgender individuals be revisited two threads have been opened at the village pump policy the first addresses how the manual of style should instruct editors to refer to transgender people in articles about themselves which name which pronoun etc the second addresses how to instruct editors to refer to transgender people when they are mentioned in passing in other articles your participation is welcome