• Bug#871324: www.debian.org: [PATCH] Remove gendered pronouns in english

    From Geoffrey Thomas@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 7 19:10:04 2017
    XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist

    Package: www.debian.org
    Severity: normal
    Tags: patch

    Hi www team,

    Almost all of the pronouns in https://www.debian.org/devel/join are "they"/"them", but there are a few uses of "he"/"his" and one "(s)he" to
    refer to the applicant. Below is a patch to make them all consistent.

    I haven't looked at the other languages (because I'm not super familiar
    with the norms for pronouns in other languages) so I'm not sure if the
    same issue exists in translations.

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    Index: nm-advocate.wml ===================================================================
    RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/devel/join/nm-advocate.wml,v
    retrieving revision 1.15
    diff -r1.15 nm-advocate.wml
    51c51
    < he will go through all steps of the New Member checks.
    ---
    they will go through all steps of the New Member checks.
    Index: nm-checklist.wml ===================================================================
    RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/devel/join/nm-checklist.wml,v
    retrieving revision 1.26
    diff -r1.26 nm-checklist.wml
    33c33
    < what (s)he has done for Debian and a few bits about future plans.</p>
    ---
    what they have done for Debian and a few bits about future plans.</p>
    Index: nm-step3.wml ===================================================================
    RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/devel/join/nm-step3.wml,v
    retrieving revision 1.30
    diff -r1.30 nm-step3.wml
    71c71
    < <li>The Applicant can put the Social Contract in his own words,
    ---
    <li