Could we please stop this thread here? Please take any further discussions
off-list, or we would need an R-chat list for these kind of discussions (I
would subscribe, though).
Cheers,
Rainer
> On 20 Nov 2020, at 11:28, Charles Novaes de Santana
> wrote:
>
> The fact that for the first
> Remember that github stopped using the term "master" to describe the
main branch of a repository for example.
Github is some sort of national language institute, with a board of
literary, sociology, psychology professors?
Afaik is github owned by Microsoft, and Microsoft is known to be
Here’s a daft idea that brings it back to R
For packages where there are problematic names, have aliases with
acceptable names.
Perhaps create a package to hold all those aliases.
Then if a user wants their preferred names, load up the aliasing package
and change them in bulk. Using a package
The fact that for the first time we have so many messages in this group is
proof that the question asked by Lainey is appropriate and necessary.
No language is static, they evolve thanks to discussions like this.
Remember that github stopped using the term "master" to describe the main
branch of
>name since it conveys the wrong indication of its purpose. But the
>word 'racist' in itself is not offensive. The act of being racist is
>offensive and wrong. Purging the word 'racist' won't help rid the
>world of racism.
Indeed, if you would go down this road, where does it stop? You
Can you guys take this off the list? I don't think that discussing these
concerns is within the bounds of the list mandate. The original
questioner has gotten the answer to his question (namely to correspond
with the R-Core) and this section of the thread is clearly not about
how to solve
Is it really the proposal that the word 'Indian' should not be allowed
when referring to someone or something from India? Context is
important. Innumerable words can offend if used with that intent, but
we don't banish them because they have common standard meaning. Words
which serve only as
I see a lot of reasoning in this thread that I consider specious at best.
What seems clear to me, writing as a cis-gendered grey white male, is that we
need to make more room. How do we do this? We do it by listening, reflecting,
and responding. If words that we use are hurtful, then we must
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