On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Brian Schweitzer <brian.brianschweit...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2010/3/6 Lukáš Lalinský <lalin...@gmail.com> >> >> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:07 AM, Brian Schweitzer >> <brian.brianschweit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > There's been no further discussion on this, and the RFC is scheduled to >> > go >> > to RFV today. Luks, before this goes to RFV, did you still have >> > concerns? >> >> Yes, on Jade Starr's website you can find: >> >> "Jade decided to leave the band to continue working on her main >> project "DREADCIRCUS" and to begin her transition from Male to >> Female...." >> >> It sounds to me that Female would be the right choice here. Can >> anybody else list here 5 artists where the Other genre applies? >> >> Lukas >> > > While I understand that interpretation, you're taking a mention of the > surgical procedure as defining the post-surgical gender for Jade (writing, > w/o using his/her/gender pronouns is difficult! :D), which would seem > contradictory to the other quoted bit. However, defining gender based > solely on genitalia and not self-identification in this manner still breaks; > by that definition, any castrati would not be male?
Well, we clearly understand that sentence differently. To me it's about self-identification. > In any case, this seems reason for us to clearly define the types of > situation in which "Other" should be used, not a reason to simply not > include an "Other" option. Such definitions should be written on the wiki before even sending a RFC to mb-style. > (Especially since the RFV on that passed a bit over a day ago... :P) That's not a reason to not reopen the issue. -- Lukas Lalinsky lalin...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Musicbrainz-style mailing list Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
