+1 for trying to achieve gender neutrality
Marc
Am 19.04.2017 um 02:25 schrieb Eric Phetteplace:
Hi list,
I opened bug #18432
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18432
because I saw several places in the Koha codebase where the pronoun
"he" was being used to refer to a generic third person who could be of
any gender. Jonathan Druart noted that this should be a coding
guideline, as otherwise new instances of gendered pronouns might
continue to be added. Perhaps it belongs on the "Terminology" page of
the wiki?
So here's my proposal. I'm trying to be concise.
----
*Use gender neutral pronouns*
*
*
When referring to a person who could be of any gender, you should use
the words they/them/their. This goes for code comments, text in
templates, and strings in tests. For example, here's a string from a
patrons test updated to be gender neutral.
Before*:*
*
*
is( $total, $enrolmentfee_K + $enrolmentfee_J, "Kid growing and become
a juvenile, he should pay " . ( $enrolmentfee_K + $enrolmentfee_J ) );
After:
is( $total, $enrolmentfee_K + $enrolmentfee_J, "Kid growing and become
a juvenile, they should pay " . ( $enrolmentfee_K + $enrolmentfee_J ) );
Gender neutral terms are preferable for a few reasons. They're more
welcoming, showing that Koha expects users and contributors to be of
any gender. They're also more accurate. Inappropriately using a
particular gender can cause confusion, leading someone to believe that
code operates differently based on the value of borrowers.sex, for
instance.
----
I hope that's clear. I'm happy to reword it, and to attend the next
Koha developers meeting to explain further if need be.
Best,
Eric Phetteplace
Systems Librarian
California College of the Arts
libraries.cca.edu <http://libraries.cca.edu> | vault.cca.edu
<http://vault.cca.edu>
510.594.3660
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