- From: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 22:03:12 +0200
- To: lwatson@tetralogical.com
- Cc: Gregg Kellogg <gregg@greggkellogg.net>, Denis Ah-Kang <denis@w3.org>, Spec-prod <spec-prod@w3.org>, chairs@w3.org
> > Doesn't lose anything if it becomes: > > "Alex is a developer who uses SVG as part of their job..." > > There are times when the gender of the person in a user story is important, but in the context of W3C I can't think of one that applies to technical standards! > i must admit that for a non-native English speaker the usage of the plural form as a gender-neutral pronoun sounds extremely strange in this case. I know it is coming to the fore but I am worried it would create lots of confusion. (It is certainly a usage that goes against my own English training.) Ivan > > Léonie. > >> [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-use-cases/ > [2] https://github.com/w3c/idcg/issues/17 > >>> Denis >>> >>> >>> On 7/22/20 1:21 PM, Léonie Watson wrote: >>>> 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/ >>>>> >>> > > -- > Director @TetraLogical > https://tetralogical.com >
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