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I'll repeat what I said in the other thread, which seemed to be supported by the community (as indicated by their votes):

I am in favor of encouraging clarity above all else, and leaving other matters of language and style up to the author of the post.

As long as the language of the post is clear and it is consistent with the be nice policy, we should let authors express themselves as they prefer. If you don't like gender-specific terms or pronouns, don't use them in your own posts, but don't insist that others refrain from using them.

In response to StrongBad's suggestion that

if users list preferred pronouns in their profiles, then they can flag posts for moderator attention to "fix" references that use a non-preferred pronoun

I disagree completely. Moderators editing comments does not leave any edit trail, so the user appears to say whatever the moderator wrote. It is used with extreme care in exceptional cases involving comments that can't be deleted (e.g. because they are an integral part of some exchange), but have offensive content that violates the Be Nice policy. (Gendered pronouns are not offensive content with respect to the Be Nice policy that all Stack Exchange users are required to follow.)

I'll repeat what I said in the other thread, which seemed to be supported by the community (as indicated by their votes):

I am in favor of encouraging clarity above all else, and leaving other matters of language and style up to the author of the post.

As long as the language of the post is clear and it is consistent with the be nice policy, we should let authors express themselves as they prefer. If you don't like gender-specific terms or pronouns, don't use them in your own posts, but don't insist that others refrain from using them.

In response to StrongBad's suggestion that

if users list preferred pronouns in their profiles, then they can flag posts for moderator attention to "fix" references that use a non-preferred pronoun

I disagree completely. Moderators editing comments does not leave any edit trail, so the user appears to say whatever the moderator wrote. It is used with extreme care in exceptional cases involving comments that can't be deleted (e.g. because they are an integral part of some exchange), but have offensive content that violates the Be Nice policy. (Gendered pronouns are not offensive content with respect to the Be Nice policy that all Stack Exchange users are required to follow.)

I'll repeat what I said in the other thread, which seemed to be supported by the community (as indicated by their votes):

I am in favor of encouraging clarity above all else, and leaving other matters of language and style up to the author of the post.

As long as the language of the post is clear and it is consistent with the be nice policy, we should let authors express themselves as they prefer. If you don't like gender-specific terms or pronouns, don't use them in your own posts, but don't insist that others refrain from using them.

In response to StrongBad's suggestion that

if users list preferred pronouns in their profiles, then they can flag posts for moderator attention to "fix" references that use a non-preferred pronoun

I disagree completely. Moderators editing comments does not leave any edit trail, so the user appears to say whatever the moderator wrote. It is used with extreme care in exceptional cases involving comments that can't be deleted (e.g. because they are an integral part of some exchange), but have offensive content that violates the Be Nice policy. (Gendered pronouns are not offensive content with respect to the Be Nice policy that all Stack Exchange users are required to follow.)

I'll repeat what I said in the other thread, which seemed to be supported by the community (as indicated by their votes):

I am in favor of encouraging clarity above all else, and leaving other matters of language and style up to the author of the post.

As long as the language of the post is clear and it is consistent with the be nice policy, we should let authors express themselves as they prefer. If you don't like gender-specific terms or pronouns, don't use them in your own posts, but don't insist that others refrain from using them.

In response to StrongBad's suggestion that

if users list preferred pronouns in their profiles, then they can flag posts for moderator attention to "fix" references that use a non-preferred pronoun

I disagree completely. Moderators editing comments does not leave any edit trail, so the user appears to say whatever the moderator wrote. It is used with extreme care in exceptional cases involving comments that can't be deleted (e.g. because they are an integral part of some exchange), but have offensive content that violates the Be Nice policy. (Gendered pronouns are not offensive content with respect to the Be Nice policy that all Stack Exchange users are required to follow.)

I'll repeat what I said in the other thread, which seemed to be supported by the community (as indicated by their votes):

I am in favor of encouraging clarity above all else, and leaving other matters of language and style up to the author of the post.

As long as the language of the post is clear and it is consistent with the be nice policy, we should let authors express themselves as they prefer. If you don't like gender-specific terms or pronouns, don't use them in your own posts, but don't insist that others refrain from using them.

In response to StrongBad's suggestion that

if users list preferred pronouns in their profiles, then they can flag posts for moderator attention to "fix" references that use a non-preferred pronoun

I disagree completely. Moderators editing comments does not leave any edit trail, so the user appears to say whatever the moderator wrote. It is used with extreme care in exceptional cases involving comments that can't be deleted (e.g. because they are an integral part of some exchange), but have offensive content. (Gendered pronouns are not offensive content.)

I'll repeat what I said in the other thread, which seemed to be supported by the community (as indicated by their votes):

I am in favor of encouraging clarity above all else, and leaving other matters of language and style up to the author of the post.

As long as the language of the post is clear and it is consistent with the be nice policy, we should let authors express themselves as they prefer. If you don't like gender-specific terms or pronouns, don't use them in your own posts, but don't insist that others refrain from using them.

In response to StrongBad's suggestion that

if users list preferred pronouns in their profiles, then they can flag posts for moderator attention to "fix" references that use a non-preferred pronoun

I disagree completely. Moderators editing comments does not leave any edit trail, so the user appears to say whatever the moderator wrote. It is used with extreme care in exceptional cases involving comments that can't be deleted (e.g. because they are an integral part of some exchange), but have offensive content that violates the Be Nice policy. (Gendered pronouns are not offensive content with respect to the Be Nice policy that all Stack Exchange users are required to follow.)