https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25834

--- Comment #14 from Derrick Coetzee <[email protected]> ---
Okay. I did read that discussion and I am aware that the Gender option is
*intended* to be used primarily for internationalization and primarily in
non-English languages, but that's not how it's used in practice - users use it
to identify genders of other users and a popular gadget at English Wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PleaseStand/User_info) uses it to place
male/female symbols beside usernames.

But I agree that the fix at bug 31816 would also be acceptable and even
preferable - it's better for the software not to ask for gender at all if it
can avoid it - at least as long as it provides a gender-neutral option in
languages that support it.

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