I responded to the inquiry and replaced all the gendered pronouns at issue with singular they. On a related note, I'm very disappointed to learn that the Chicago Manual of Style (which provided the basis for the original Wikipedia Manual of Style) has stopped recommending the use of singular they. As the use of singular they has been steadily increasing since the 1960s (Pauwels 2003), it is curious that the Chicago Manual would be moving backwards. I have to wonder if there was some sort of political pressure involved. On a positive note, the 2011 edition of the New International Version Bible now uses singular they.
Ryan Kaldari On 12/28/11 3:39 PM, Erik Moeller wrote: > Interesting en.wp discussion started by a new editor, made visible through > the new editor feedback dashboard: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedbackDashboard/11753 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Gender-neutral_language > _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
