On 9/2/21 1:52 PM, Christian Schneider wrote:
I do not like this effort. Banning words and pointing them out is the wrong way to achieve an inclusive environment. Also I think words like he or she must not be banned. They are neutral words that are totally acceptable in many cases. Avoiding them in most documentation might be fine but having them on a bad word list feels extremely wrong to me. In our well meant effort to be woke we sometimes go too far.
You have misunderstood this initiative. Nothing is banned, forbidden, struck from the language, or otherwise removed from use.
If you agree that avoiding these words in documentation might be fine, then we're on the same page.
Please don't make this into something it's not. Nobody has the authority, or even the desire, to forbid you using certain words. This tool is only intended to point out places where there *might* be a better word choice.
-- Rich Bowen - [email protected] @rbowen
