[Bug 8850] New: “himself” assumes all authors are male, which is incorrect (and misogynistic). “themself” is correct. from bugzilla@wiggum.w3.org on 2010-01-31 (public-html-bugzilla@w3.org from January 2010)

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Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:50:50 +0000
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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8850

           Summary: “himself” assumes all authors are male, which is
                    incorrect (and misogynistic). “themself” is correct.
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-
                    work/#unknown-images
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: HTML5 spec bugs
        AssignedTo: dave.null@w3.org
        ReportedBy: contributor@whatwg.org
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: ian@hixie.ch, mike@w3.org, public-html@w3.org


Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#unknown-images

Comment:
“himself” assumes all authors are male, which is incorrect (and
misogynistic). “themself” is correct.

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