https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53834
--- Comment #8 from Nemo <[email protected]> --- (In reply to comment #7) > 1. The 3rd option is a non-answer, and implies that people who do not fit > into > binary genders "decline to say" rather than choosing a 3rd valid option. For > people who would intentionally choose a non-gender binary option they are NOT > answering "unknown." Why would "decline to say" be something bad? > 2. By having the masculine pronoun first there is the less than subtle > implication that it is the default. > 3. The options obfuscate what happens in the system when the current 3rd > option > is chosen, it implies that the user is "opting-out" of the system, when in > fact > they are choosing a gender neutral means of the system addressing them. Not necessarily, and actually mostly not. It just means that they don't care about whatever is currently the default language. The default is hopefully gender neutral enough but may be not; or it may just not matter at all in the language of the user. > > This bug seeks primarily to rectify issue 3, but also change the tone of the > explanation text for why we ask in the first place. The current one is > somewhat > devoid of any personality and is rather cold and technical. Grammatical gender is something rather cold and technical. If you proposal seeks to add more emotions to this heated-enough topic which should focus on grammatical issues, then it's surely a bad idea. > > As far as this being english only. While I'm logging this bug in english and > it > refers to the current english language copy on the site, it was meant to > spark > the conversation for this setting in all languages. I think this is a > workable > improvement to what we have in english Both are true, but only in part; see above. > and I'd challenge speakers of other > languages to attempt to make improvements in their own language to be more > inclusive and open to project contributors of any gender. The message documentation already encourages translators to do so. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
