Wow. I think it at least merits a discussion. Yes, it's a political decision but not so ridiculous as to dismiss it as part of a feminist plot.
I would also point out that using a gender-specific term like "man" does more to maintain division than anything else. -- Brian On Mar 10, 2017 4:38 PM, "Joel Holdsworth" <[email protected]> wrote: No. "Man" has been a general term for humanity in the English language since time immemorial. It is only feminists who wish to divide humanity along gender lines who have a problem with "man" as a term of reference. Such argumentation is deliberately divisive, and serves no purpose. There is no need for the change, or a pointless discussion about such a change. Please lets get on with making an awesome map. Best Regards Joel Holdsworth On 10/03/17 14:27, Joshua Houston wrote: > Hi, > > It occurred to me that "man_made" is an outdated term that should be > phased out from OpenStreetMap language. The philosophy of OpenStreetMap > is very inclusive and that should be represented even in the way data is > tagged. I'd like to propose to change the key from "man_made" to > "human_made" and start a discussion on it. Many parts of society are > trying to implement a more inclusive language, NASA for instance has > changed "manned missions" to "crewed missions". I think it is an > important goal to make OSM inclusive whenever there is a choice. > > Thanks! > > Joshua Houston > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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