User talk:Milkfriend

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Sincerely, User:Mathglot (talk) 05:44, 23 April 2019 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)

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James Barry (surgeon)

Hi Milkfriend, and welcome. Thanks for your contribution to categories at James Barry (surgeon). Unfortunately, I had to undo it. The question of whether someone who lived in the 18th century can be categorized as trans is not simple, and has been discussed before numerous times at the article Talk page.

Each article page at Wikipedia has a corresponding "Talk page". So, for example, the Talk page for the James Barry article is called Talk:James Barry (surgeon). If you go to that page, you will see that there is discussion of trans issues going back to 2007, and continuing right up to last month. So you can't really just go change something in the article on your own like this, without paying attention to the discussions that came before.

You're welcome, by the way, to add to previous discussions on the talk page there, or to create a new discussion of your own, if you have something new to bring to bear on the subject. To do that, go to the article, click the "Talk" tab upper left, then find the link "Click here to start a new topic", and click it. (There are other ways to do it, but that's probably the easiest.)

Don't worry too much if some of your first edits here get undone. It takes a while to get the hang of it, but go ahead and be bold, make your changes, and even if they don't all stick, you'll learn as you go. I hope you like it here, and decide to stay. Don't hesitate to ask me questions on my Talk page, or use the {{Help me}} to ask a question and get help from a team of experienced users. Happy editing! Mathglot (talk) 05:03, 23 April 2019 (UTC)