I get the ethical struggle people have with accepting dox as a fact of the site, but cataloging and discussing people can't really work if you can't talk about factual or speculative information tied to their identities. "Just remove the dox" isn't going to satisfy the cows complaining; they don't actually care. They just want the site gone and dox is an easy thing to get victim points. "What is dox?" can't be easily answered so it can't be policed. Most people probably think phone numbers and addresses, but the most basic dox is as simple as linking a legal name to a pseudonymous username. That's pretty much a fundamental aspect of the site, especially for those catalogued here who are more in line with vile criminals than just silly funny autists. Once you know a name everything else pretty much comes with it.
If you want some insight into how policing dox when discussing internet people is a losing proposition, just look at poast and their no dox rule. They can't seem to apply the rule in a consistent and logical way. Things that are dox or not dox seem to just be down to the mod's mood swings. Ultimately the rules against it just end up causing a whole lot of fighting and drama among the users. You can't control other peoples' actions and they'll be abusive if they want. Playing "Janny hide the phone number" won't change that. It might work for a knitting forum, but a gossip forum needs to be able to gossip.