https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53834
--- Comment #7 from Jared Zimmerman (WMF) <[email protected]> --- (In reply to comment #6) MZMcBride, there are three issues. 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." 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. 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. 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 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. I think it would be fine not to include the pronouns after the examples. -- 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
