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"changed their gender pronouns"

They're just pronouns. It's unnecessary. Dakotahommes (talk) 03:19, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever dude 174.105.209.248 (talk) 07:40, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add Category:English non-binary people

It fully applies here. 2A00:23C7:ED2C:7401:A566:4A70:9EF:DF5F (talk) 16:21, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

XFactor

Bit unusual surely that this article doesn’t mention the UK popular show The X Factor?! He was a contestant on it right? And he would have been a nobody without it? Aliw136 (talk) 19:26, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see no reason why this can't be mentioned briefly but it is not for us to opine whether or not they would have been successful without it. If you do decide to add it then please take care to use the correct pronouns, even when referring to Smith in the past. --DanielRigal (talk) 14:55, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is nothing about their controversy in this article

This needs to be fixed. Anamyd (talk) 07:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea what "controversy" you are talking about. If there is something that we are not covering then please say what it is and provide Reliable Sources that demonstrate it to be notable and which can be used to source coverage of it. Please bear in mind that there is a lot of fake "controversy" about Smith. A lot of people simply have it in for them. We are not interested in the fake stuff. --DanielRigal (talk) 14:50, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]