Hello all,
I'm Lucas DeRuyter, Fandom's Anime Community Manager, and today I wanted to provide some direction on how gendered language should be used in reference to Yamato, based on the most recent events of the manga.
As per Fandom's Gender Identity Guidelines, he/him pronouns should be used for Yamato and Yamato's character page should belong to the "Male Characters" category. While Yamato's gender identify was ambiguous in his introduction, since then an overwhelming number of characters, including Yamato himself, use he/him pronouns in reference to Yamato and he's appeared in situations that reinforce his male identity.
I'm aware that an instance of narration, some language used in a flashback, and supplementary material to the One Piece text use feminine terminology in reference to Yamato, but these do not outweigh Yamato's use of masculine terminology in reference to himself and this element of his character should be acknowledged and respected.
For this reason, I'm afraid I'm going to have to disallow the use of a community poll to determine the language the One Piece wiki uses in reference to Yamato. While reaching a community consensus before making significant changes to a wiki is encouraged, Fandom has explicit guidelines on how write about a character's gender identity. As such, the poll is essentially a vote on if the community wants to violate Fandom's platform policies, and that's not allowable.
In the coming days I will be coordinating with One Piece wiki leadership on how to best implement and reinforce these language changes, as well as moderate conversations that arise from them. To be completely clear, using anything besides he/him pronouns in reference to Yamato will be considered misgendering and will result in local wiki and global bans.
I apologize for taking so long to address this issue and provide direction to this community. I did not want to raise tensions on a wiki that is near and dear to my heart and, like all One Piece readers, I was not sure of how Yamato's story arc might evolve as the series went on. I can say with confidence now, though, that he/him pronouns must be used in reference to Yamato, for this wiki to meet Fandom's standards of respect and inclusivity.
Thank you all for taking the time to read this message and I hope you all have a great day.
Sincerely,
Lucas
