https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59898
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Bug ID: 59898
Summary: Confusing position of gender setting notice
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.23-git
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: User preferences
Assignee: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Reporter: 326...@gmail.com
CC: agarr...@wikimedia.org
Classification: Unclassified
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Created attachment 14279
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screenshot: internationalisation section
With the "gender setting notice" I mean this text:
"Setting this preference is optional. The software uses its value to
address you and to mention you to others using the appropriate
grammatical gender. This information will be public."
I think the position of the notice is confusing and suggest:
Place the notice immediately below "How do you prefer to be described?", in the
same table cell.
Further motivation:
It is especially confusing if you only/first read "Setting this preference is
optional", and even when you read the whole thing it might not be (instantly)
clear that "grammatical gender" = "How do you prefer to be described?".
For instance, it could be taken to mean that "More language settings" is
optional. (It immediately precedes the link, and those settings aren't even
shown here, so it makes sense that they're optional.)
Or else it could mean that everything in the internationalisation section is
optional+public, since the notice sort of ends that section.
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