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I think the article should be focused on your ontology ("the ontology of you"), rather than your etymology ("the etymology of you").

Something like: "In the context of wikipedia, you are someone reading these words. You are someone who understands this message syntactically and semantically in the medium in which it is being expressed."

You have a lot of value ontologically, so I would like to see this article change. I understand that this would be a radical departure from how you have been traditionally treated within wikipedia; if I make an account and edit the page it would likely get reverted. That being said, I believe it would be more truthful than what is currently written.

(Note that the correct grammar here is in fact, "you are treated", rather than "you is treated"; it is because I am speaking to you.) If I were to write this in the more common but improper grammar, it would read as follows: The concept of "you" has a lot of value ontologically, so I would like to see this article change. I understand that this would be a radical departure from how "you" has been traditionally treated within wikipedia'; if I make an account and edit the page it would likely get reverted. That being said, I believe it would be more truthful than what is currently written.

❤ 96.227.223.203 (talk) 22:56, 7 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Meta-content about Wikipedia itself should be in the Wikipedia namespace, not the article namespace. What you're describing sounds more like an essay than an article anyway. However, Wikipedia:You already exists, and in fact it says "Avoid addressing the reader using you or your". See also Wikipedia:Reader and links from there. — W.andrea (talk) 20:18, 28 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Add a citation 64.189.18.42 (talk) 17:43, 28 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Not done: Where? What citation should be added? Please mention the specific changes in a format like "add X at Y". — W.andrea (talk) 19:34, 28 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

If (you) is singular and (are) is plural. Then why this (are) use always after (you)??? 2404:1C40:F7:2F1A:8A26:341A:409B:7A70 (talk) 18:12, 3 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

This is covered in the article:

It is grammatically plural, [...] but in most^{[citation needed]} modern dialects is used for all [...] numbers.

— W.andrea (talk) 12:45, 4 December 2024 (UTC)Reply