On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Ron Artstein wrote: > > So should I use the feminine form and make the male majority > > read funny looking text? If you can suggest a gender-neutral > > version of the form, I'd gladly replace it. > > ramat shlita be-makhshevim: > > - afsit - bsisit - mitkademet - yeda be-tikhnut - mumkhe/it > > ramat hekerut im linux: > > - afsit - nisiti pa`am - shimush bsisi - hitkanti beatsmi - mumkhe/it > > gisha etc.: > > replace "ani mitkaven" with "bekavanati" (twice) > > replace mishtamesh, menahel with mishtamesh/t and menahel/t > > keitsad shamat etc.: > > replace haver with haverim. > > > I agree that a lot of slashes make a text unsightly. But just four > slashes on an entire form are reasonable to my taste. Perhaps > better alternatives can be given for these too. > > I also noticed two typos on the form, both of them a missing vav, > towards the bottom: "form internet" should be changed to "forum > internet", and "tsarot hibur" should be changed to "tsurot hibur". > > By the way, I wasn't able to access http://www.haifux.org/ at all > yesterday or today; I looked at the form on the mirror. Yesterday > I was able to connect directly to /index.html but not to / or to > /newcomers/, which suggests that the problem was somewhere within > the site. > > -Ron. > > a. I wholeheartedly agree with the Hewbrew gender suggestion you made. b. Since the site situation is as you described, I suspect the problem is not the site but the Apache configuration. Alon or Adir, please?
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