And do you want it to be implemented :) But that question is to be answered on a community level of course - but I guess there are a few potential reasons why they might not want to implement it: * It could potentially give people the feeling they have to tell their gender: some people might not be willing to (male or female) * Although grammatically correct, I would find "gebruikster" in Dutch very weird - because it is rarely used it would put a huge emphasis on the fact that someone is female - this will depend per language. * I'm no expert in the field, but I can imagine some issues around transgender people * If you have a male/female version, and someone never told which they are: which will be the default? Male of female? * What to do when people fill in the "incorrect" gender? Will there be attempts to enforce correctness? (because it could be perceived as lying)
etc. I would be a supporter of making it possible for a community to make this choice, but I would not like us to make that choice for them. Best, Lodewijk 2011/2/12 Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]>: > Hoi, > In English the word "User" does not indicate if it is male or female, The > word "Gebruiker" or "Benutzer" do; the female form is "Gebruikster" or > "Benutzerin". It is with pleasure that I learned that Nikerabbit has written > the code that allows for those languages where there is both a male and a > female form the namespace to indicate the sex of a user. > > Given that we want to be more welcoming to women, I think it is awesome that > we will be able to address women as women. The fact that we gain some > statistical insight is a fringe benefit. > > The only question left is, when can this be implemented.. > Thanks, > GerardM > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
