Having an example if several projects doing this - which I now do - will make that message stronger.
I'll write something to members@ Rich On Tue, Jun 9, 2020, 04:27 Myrle Krantz <my...@apache.org> wrote: > Hey Rich, this is pretty awesome. But you're preaching to the choir here. > Members@ might reach more projects who just haven't thought about it yet. > > But given that several projects *are* working on this, maybe we can get a > "Success at Apache" blog post going about it? > > Best, > Myrle > > On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 10:29 PM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > > I just made a few commits which removed all occurrences of "blacklist" > from > > the Apache httpd documentation. It took just a few minutes. > > > > I encourage each of you to take a few minutes to do the same for your > > project(s). > > > > Please note that I have zero interest in debating whether this is > necessary > > or beneficial or offensive or whatever. Instead ask yourself this > question: > > > > If I can make a tiny change to my software which makes JUST ONE black > > contributor feel more welcome and has no negative impact on the > > functionality, why wouldn't I? > > > > More thoughts on word choice here: > > https://lethargy.org/~jesus/writes/a-guide-to-nomenclature-selection/ > > > > > > Rich > > >
