On 2021-06-16 at 19:54:20, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > The references to "gendered prounouns" etc. are gone, perhaps there's a > good reason to re-include them, but the point of "isn't that issue > solved by recommending an orthagonal approach?" is one of the many > things Stolee hasn't been addressing in the threads related to this > series. I think I've addressed this. Sometimes you can avoid referring to people and therefore avoiding pronouns, and sometimes the prose reads better if you talk about the user or actor. Also, sometimes you need to discuss a matter at length and using variety in your language is desirable, so you may want to, for example, avoid continually using the passive voice to discuss the topic. I don't think it's fair to just say "don't refer to the user or other humans if you'd need to use third-person pronouns" because I don't think that's applicable in all cases. I, for one, don't intend to write my commit messages in that way because I think it will make them substantially worse. For example, I often discuss the behavior or expectations of users when writing FAQ entries or other documentation and sometimes we'll need to use pronouns. I agree that in many cases we can effectively rephrase to avoid needing to do this, but if we acknowledge that sometimes we will need to write using third-person personal pronouns in some cases, it's worth documenting what those should be. -- brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them) Toronto, Ontario, CA
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