hi kevin,
the poll forced a decision between the status quo ("it is possible to use
gender-neutral-language --> case-by-case review) and the new proposal for
maskuline fromulations only, this refers to the construct "generisches
Maskulinum" --> all genders should be included in the maskuline phrase, a
concept that is opposed by those who don't find themselves in the
formulations the generische maskulinum offers.the current status is, that a mayority disaprove the aims of the poll. best regards bunnyfrosch 2014-02-02 rupert THURNER <[email protected]>: > hi, > > actually there were two questions. one was if a vote about the topic (have > a rule for gender-something in articles) makes sense. a 3:1 majority says: > no. the main reason is "do not patronise the autor." and the second > question was if people do support the proposal or not. the proposed rule > itself proposes a classical language. with no surprise after the result of > the first question, a lot less answered here. a 2:1 majority says: no, this > rule should not be like proposed. > > rupert. > > > > On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Jane Darnell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was just talking about this yesterday - In the Dutch Wikipedia, >> gender-neutral language is used for occupations and during the >> Art&Feminism edit-a-thon we remarked on how difficult it is to track >> down female artists if the lead sentence is gender neutral. This is >> compounded by the fact that the Dutch Wikipedia does not allow gender >> categories at all (which does solve the "Ghettoization" problem we >> constantly have in the English Wikipedia where women are in the "Women >> <skill>" categories rather than the main categories). In the English >> Wikipedia we also only have gender-neutral languages for most >> occupations, but that is because we discarded gender-based words so >> long ago (poet vs. poetess). >> >> 2014-02-02, Kevin Gorman <[email protected]>: >> > Hi Bob - >> > >> > Unfortunately I both don't speak German, and don't have the time to go >> > through a long and messy RfC on the subject in a language I don't >> > understand currently. However the issue as it has been framed in your >> > original post certainly sounds concerning. If you have the time (and I >> > certainly understand if you dont,) would you be willing to provide a >> > slightly more in depth summary fo what's going on currently. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Kevin Gorman >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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