I think that a "style guide" makes quite a bit of sense. Applying "racist" connotations to "black" and "white" in this context is really kind of silly. It does nothing to address economic inequality which is really what the current social conflict is all about at it's base. Enough time and effort has been wasted on this subject anyway, so let's take Yoda's view and either do or not do. A style guide would certainly solve this and potentially several other issues in one fell swoop. I for one hate having to Google acronyms when reading a highly technical work written by someone who thinks I know what "DNS" means. If I am reading an article on setting up a home network, I clearly do NOT know all the acronyms and an explanation after the first use would be a God-send. Now, I am going back to my forner "lurker" status so you folks who know more than I do can get on with the important stuff. Dale On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 11:25:18AM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 04:32:35PM -0400, Ben Cotton wrote: > > 1. Should we discourage the use of whitelist and blacklist in Fedora > > Magazine in favor of alternatives like "allow list" and "block > > list"/"deny list"? > > > > 2. Should we start developing a style guide that addresses this and > > other issues (e.g. the style of projects like "NetworkManager" (not > > "Network Manager") and other things both malign and benign (like using > > the words "simple" or "just") that a style guide normally covers)? > > I think these both make sense. > > > -- > Matthew Miller > <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Fedora Project Leader > _______________________________________________ > Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Dale A. Raby Buy my books: The Wives of Jacob, Book One, In the Beginning..., The Post-Apocalyptic Blacksmith, 777 Bon Mots for Gunslingers and Other Real Men. Available from most online book sellers. _______________________________________________ Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
