Re: modernising terminology

Thanks Chaals. This was already mentioned as a possible action [1], and
I've just added it to the collection of ideas [2].


[1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-idcg/2020Jun/0023.html
[2] https://github.com/w3c/idcg/wiki/Ideas-for-ID-CG-actions

On 16/06/2020 02:09, Charles 'chaals' (McCathie) Nevile wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> https://github.com/w3c/w3process/issues/415 is an issue raised in the
> process group, but it is actually about procedures and tools.
> 
> I sent a private request to the systems team regarding the specific
> technical issue, and the communications team regarding the general
> principle of using the terms, but I thought it would be worthwhile to
> note that here.
> 
> I don't like long discussions about terminology, but I do believe that
> the words we use do matter and we should make the effort to think about
> them and avoid thoughtlessly giving offense, especially where none is
> intended.
> 
> cheers
> 
> Chaals
> 

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