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April 2017

Welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, including your edits to Tomboy, but we cannot accept original research. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 21:28, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Response

In addition to the comment about original research above, I reverted your addition to the Tomboy article because not only is it unreferenced, but it actually contradicts another, referenced statement earlier in the article that holds that more lesbians identified as tomboys than straight women. (And "lesbian" vs "straight" are not the only categories women fall into, either.) It's arbitrary. --Equivamp - talk 21:37, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Since the article already notes that tomboys can be (or grow up to be) of any sexual orientation, and that having traditionally masculine interests and behaviors is not an indication of sexual orientation, I don't think what you had added before would add much to it, however if you think that passage is incorrect, or you have something to add to it, then you are free to do so. Just be aware that any unreferenced additions or removals will likely be reverted as well. --Equivamp - talk 23:47, 26 April 2017 (UTC)