discuss: To or not to Wiki, a summary [Was Re: small demo page]
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Re: [discuss] Re: To or not to Wiki, a summary [Was Re: small demo
page]
From:
folajimi ####@####.####
Date:
22 Aug 2005 19:05:39 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0508221121320.12143@shell2.speakeasy.net>
> (Attempt at defusing any offense re: gender specific pronouns with lame
> attempt at humor: Of course, I realize that if the author is female we'd have
> to revisit each of these points ;-)
You raise a valid point, one that is far from trivial. I have found attempts to
avoid gender-specific language in technical writing to be a rather challenging,
worthwhile goal.
At any rate, this subject matter was addressed by members of the
####@####.#### mailing list a few years ago (I discovered this via google.)
The opinions expressed at the time were rather interesting (to me, at least.)
I also found the links listed below with google. Their content seems rather
apropos:
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-sexist_language
http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/documentation-guide/sn-tech-docs-fundamentals.html
Cheers,
JA
