Re: [Draft] GR: diversity statement for the Debian Project
On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 10:14:06AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Hi, > > On 03/05/12 at 00:32 +0200, Francesca Ciceri wrote: > > It doesn't matter how you identify yourself or how others perceive you: > > we welcome you. We welcome contributions from everyone as long as they > > interact constructively with our community. > > I'm not a big fan of this formulation. Maybe it should be a bit less > personal, without the use of we/you ? I personally love this kind of phrasing. This is supposed to be a statement that makes people feel welcome. Contrast "We welcome you" with "The Debian project welcomes contributors". The latter phrasing (or other non-personal ways of putting it) seems, at least to me -- admittedly not a native English speaker -- quite cold. Kind regards: David Weinehall -- /) David Weinehall /) Rime on my window (\ // ~ // Diamond-white roses of fire // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/(/ Beautiful hoar-frost (/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120504223815.gc10...@suiko.acc.umu.se
Re: [Draft] GR: diversity statement for the Debian Project
Hi, On Fri, 04 May 2012, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 03/05/12 at 00:32 +0200, Francesca Ciceri wrote: > > It doesn't matter how you identify yourself or how others perceive you: > > we welcome you. We welcome contributions from everyone as long as they > > interact constructively with our community. > > I'm not a big fan of this formulation. Maybe it should be a bit less > personal, without the use of we/you ? I know that in French we tend to avoid such formulations, but in English it's actually better that way. I believe we should keep it like it is. (I know because I had to change the "style" when translationg the debian admin handbook) Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/liberation/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120504095536.gb31...@rivendell.home.ouaza.com
Re: [Draft] GR: diversity statement for the Debian Project
Hi, On 03/05/12 at 00:32 +0200, Francesca Ciceri wrote: > It doesn't matter how you identify yourself or how others perceive you: > we welcome you. We welcome contributions from everyone as long as they > interact constructively with our community. I'm not a big fan of this formulation. Maybe it should be a bit less personal, without the use of we/you ? Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120504081406.ga1...@xanadu.blop.info
