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From: Robert Karszniewicz <avoidr@posteo.de>
To: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
	"Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Derrick Stolee" <dstolee@microsoft.com>,
	"Robert Karszniewicz" <avoidr@posteo.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Avoid gender pronouns
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 23:24:09 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YMVCGYoyadOtA0Iu@BDZ> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210611202819.47077-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>

On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 03:28:17PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> The latest solution looking for a problem [1] is to use the actively
> debated among linguists singular "they" [2].
> 
> Leaving aside the linguistic intricacies that not all singular "they" are
> equal [3], and the overwhelming sentiment that these kinds of political
> discussions don't provide value for this community [4], the "issue" can
> be easily solved by simply using different wording.
> 
>   - The reviewer herself
>   + The reviewers themselves
> 
> Problem solved.
> 
> Cheers.

Perfect, I like this. This style is clearer, more neutral, and more on
point.

Thanks,
Robert

  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-06-12 23:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-11 20:28 [PATCH 0/2] Avoid gender pronouns Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 20:28 ` [PATCH 1/2] doc: avoid using the gender of other people Felipe Contreras
2021-06-15 13:28   ` Derrick Stolee
2021-06-15 16:30     ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 20:28 ` [PATCH 2/2] comments: avoid using the gender of our users Felipe Contreras
2021-06-15 13:31   ` Derrick Stolee
2021-06-15 14:16     ` Paul Smith
2021-06-15 16:39       ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-15 16:36     ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-12  1:17 ` [PATCH 0/2] Avoid gender pronouns Bagas Sanjaya
2021-06-12  1:39   ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-12 23:24 ` Robert Karszniewicz [this message]
2021-06-13  7:15 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-14  1:27   ` Junio C Hamano

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