https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30442
--- Comment #35 from Daniel Friesen <[email protected]> 2011-10-22 13:10:22 UTC --- (In reply to comment #32) > (In reply to comment #31) > > Email preferences are needed for a very particular thing - sending and > > receiving email. Not all users need it, and those who do, can find a way to > > define it. > > Not true. On many wikis, email notifications are enabled by default. This > means > that the new user could receive an email way before seeing any gender-relevant > message and without doing anything, for instance because of a message on the > user talk. And what if that first e-mail notification they get sent before anything, before they even get to their preferences page, happens to use language that would be rude if it did not know their gender? (In reply to comment #34) > (In reply to comment #33) > > As far as i'm concerned, though, it is a central thing in the process of > > introduction. Consider meeting a person on a street - by looking at them or > > speaking to them you will probably know their gender before you know their > > name > > or email. > > Not necessarily: sometimes I don't know the gender before I hear the name, or > even the name doesn't help (if I don't know its gender); and I don't see how > this could affect the introduction, it's a pretty worthless piece of > information. Sure... in English. But other languages have different pronouns for different genders, and without a good idea of it your greeting could come off as very rude. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- 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
