Re: Neutral language in W3C specifications

Denis, this is a really positive step, thank you to you and the team.

One suggestion - is it possible for PubRules to check for gender 
specific pronouns (he/she, him/her etc.) too?

They are rare in specifications, but do sometimes feature as part of use 
cases or examples.

Léonie.

On 22/07/2020 09:40, Denis Ah-Kang wrote:
> Dear editors and chairs,
> 
> In order to offer the best environment possible to its
> community, W3C is supporting the push for a more inclusive and
> neutral language, especially in our specifications.
> 
> In the upcoming weeks, pubrules [1] will show a warning if
> terms like "master", "slave", "grandfather", "sanity" or
> "dummy" are detected in a specification and this will also
> be reflected in the Manual of style [2] with a list of
> alternatives.
> Note, since it may take time for the editors to change the
> branch name "master" to something else, we will not flag the
> URLs containing that word in the first place.
> 
> Going forward, we will audit all the specification repositories
> and open issues if they contain problematic terms.
> 
> Let me know if you have any comments/suggestions.
> 
> Denis
> W3C Systems team
> 
> [1] https://www.w3.org/pubrules/
> [2] https://w3c.github.io/manual-of-style/
> 

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