From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3B5EC07E96 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 16:35:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E000613C0 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 16:35:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231676AbhGOQig (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:38:36 -0400 Received: from mail-ed1-f49.google.com ([209.85.208.49]:42652 "EHLO mail-ed1-f49.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229990AbhGOQif (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:38:35 -0400 Received: by mail-ed1-f49.google.com with SMTP id k27so8990472edk.9 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:35:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=c4Z+DWUtmtEbO8ze6h+qnysgckRw0WoXJSsXV2vp+h4=; b=YVhmdJIIpR8Ohn915h77IJMa1XcUCcZftUKhx0ezOhva5uSgql3rtMX5BmUerUxvt1 GQ0NvR3m4eRnnKVLFCNNs5zjpUsiJumrIIKFMZSJ6TKFPlU+wxdKlnVF+KEn4QGM/SM4 wMYih+I//smGh9g/Ov6fG2b+AgJdKVSVIIR6Wm7SNOl/EOYAaS9eCRWJFQ2LJU/FQkFS 3S9cziUUk22vxq/d8gbgkSWlPf+S1DbiPALUj6xbFSMqfu7EF6R71K9m/UB+g21rQB1/ p/kJlfG427Lx/0uMY1vslUKTY0MX4vK4jga/oyt8kZ/sKnKly9+7h8PLyXFpA6ZtfF8b Kbmw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532HK40UJITw04GKTu19otFlZjHZS6kAEwkJWCXAgIS+Op6KlLtA 1bhi3orVlJEhrNoeSvBwxUerVTA8EVrFvFxpZXI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz6r5b9OzMCKmE6tQTTNRemrUgr/IJ982Agtln7LLIfhRVYU3ZoelI3Z2rA6kpAnuargs4YE9+wvdrxGe9H8TI= X-Received: by 2002:a50:9d8d:: with SMTP id w13mr8343259ede.94.1626366941717; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:35:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2c7f188a-6ebe-b116-8299-86ca3732d79a@gmail.com> <87czrl0wob.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Eric Sunshine Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:35:30 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingGuidelines: recommend gender-neutral description To: Junio C Hamano Cc: =?UTF-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsCBCamFybWFzb24=?= , Derrick Stolee , Git List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 12:25 PM Junio C Hamano wrote: > Technical writing seeks to convey information with minimal > friction. One way that a reader can experience friction is if they > encounter a description of "a user" that is later simplified using a > gendered pronoun. If the reader does not consider that pronoun to > apply to them, then they can experience cognitive dissonance that > removes focus from the information. > > Give some basic tips to guide us avoid unnecessary of gendered > description. Some words seem to be missing from this sentence. > diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines > @@ -541,6 +541,49 @@ Writing Documentation: > + A contributor asks their upstream to pull from them. > + > + Note that this sounds ungrammatical and unnatural to those who > + learned English as a second language in some parts of the world. It also sounds ungrammatical and unnatural to this native English speaker.