> I agree though! When it comes to HTML in sample code, it's always good to
> have it XHTML standards compliant. That way, people won't complain that your
> code won't validate.

The problem is not those who "complain", it's the image you project around.

When you read something about a new and exciting javascript library, and you
find something that upsets you (be it a girl on page 12 with no explanation
of why it should be funny [as opposed to sexist], or non-compliant XHTML in
the examples, or people using harsh words on the mailing-lists), you tend to
stay away.

Because you start suspecting that it's not as perfect at advertised, or
because it gives you the impression that this is going to be yet-another
big-boys women-unfriendly community.

Some people in Debian has worked a lot on these issues, under the "Debian
women" title (though it's not restricted to women's issues: a friendly
community is friendly to all, if just only to timids).

w/o further developing, I invite you to read
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/

-- Fil


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