Thanks for the updates Bob and Rupert.
On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 4:52 AM, Bob Sponge <
metzgerhandwerk.hat.tradit...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> hi kevin,
> the poll forced a decision between the status quo ("it is possible to use
> gender-neutral-language --> case-by-case review) and the new proposal for
> maskuline fromulations only, this refers to the construct "generisches
> Maskulinum" --> all genders should be included in the maskuline phrase, a
> concept that is opposed by those who don't find themselves in the
> formulations the generische maskulinum offers.
>
> the current status is, that a mayority disaprove the aims of the poll.
>
> best regards
> bunnyfrosch
>
>
> 2014-02-02 rupert THURNER <rupert.thur...@gmail.com>:
>
> hi,
>>
>> actually there were two questions. one was if a vote about the topic
>> (have a rule for gender-something in articles) makes sense. a 3:1 majority
>> says: no. the main reason is "do not patronise the autor." and the second
>> question was if people do support the proposal or not. the proposed rule
>> itself proposes a classical language. with no surprise after the result of
>> the first question, a lot less answered here. a 2:1 majority says: no, this
>> rule should not be like proposed.
>>
>> rupert.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Jane Darnell <jane...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I was just talking about this yesterday - In the Dutch Wikipedia,
>>> gender-neutral language is used for occupations and during the
>>> Art&Feminism edit-a-thon we remarked on how difficult it is to track
>>> down female artists if the lead sentence is gender neutral. This is
>>> compounded by the fact that the Dutch Wikipedia does not allow gender
>>> categories at all (which does solve the "Ghettoization" problem we
>>> constantly have in the English Wikipedia where women are in the "Women
>>> <skill>" categories rather than the main categories). In the English
>>> Wikipedia we also only have gender-neutral languages for most
>>> occupations, but that is because we discarded gender-based words so
>>> long ago (poet vs. poetess).
>>>
>>> 2014-02-02, Kevin Gorman <kgor...@gmail.com>:
>>> > Hi Bob -
>>> >
>>> > Unfortunately I both don't speak German, and don't have the time to go
>>> > through a long and messy RfC on the subject in a language I don't
>>> > understand currently. However the issue as it has been framed in your
>>> > original post certainly sounds concerning. If you have the time (and I
>>> > certainly understand if you dont,) would you be willing to provide a
>>> > slightly more in depth summary fo what's going on currently.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Kevin Gorman
>>> >
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