Thread (13 messages) 13 messages, 6 authors, 2021-06-15

[PATCH 0/2] Avoid gender pronouns

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From: Felipe Contreras <hidden>
Date: 2021-06-11 20:28:23

The latest solution looking for a problem [1] is to use the actively
debated among linguists singular "they" [2].

Leaving aside the linguistic intricacies that not all singular "they" are
equal [3], and the overwhelming sentiment that these kinds of political
discussions don't provide value for this community [4], the "issue" can
be easily solved by simply using different wording.

  - The reviewer herself
  + The reviewers themselves

Problem solved.

Cheers.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.975.git.1623085069.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/ (local)
[2] https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2013/01/singular-their-affront-good-writing/319329/
[3] https://ahdictionary.tumblr.com/post/147597257733/updated-usage-note-they
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/git/87wnrooa17.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com/ (local)

Felipe Contreras (2):
  doc: avoid using the gender of other people
  comments: avoid using the gender of our users

 Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 5 ++---
 Documentation/git-push.txt      | 4 ++--
 Documentation/user-manual.txt   | 2 +-
 commit.c                        | 2 +-
 config.h                        | 4 ++--
 date.c                          | 2 +-
 pathspec.h                      | 2 +-
 strbuf.h                        | 4 ++--
 wt-status.c                     | 2 +-
 9 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

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