On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 1:34 AM, Johannes Weißl <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > The proposal is to add this paragraph to the "Gender" chapter in Style/Artist > [1]: > > The 'other' gender option is meant to represent a gender that is > neither male nor female, and is not intended for use with entities > for which the concept of gender is illogical, such as companies. > > The reason is that the "other" option was meant as a neutral/umbrella > term for transgender artists, not as a "none" or "n/a" option. If such > an option is wanted, it should be introduced as forth option, and e.g. > groups should also be (implicitly) set to this type. > > [1] http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Style/Artist > > > Initial discussion: > http://chatlogs.musicbrainz.org/musicbrainz/2011/2011-10/2011-10-25.html#T21-21-23-980520 > Wiki page: http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Proposal:Gender_other_clarification > Expiration date: Tue, 2 Nov 2011 23:00:00 UTC > > > Johannes > > _______________________________________________ > MusicBrainz-style mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style >
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