And do you want it to be implemented :) But that question is to be
answered on a community level of course - but I guess there are a few
potential reasons why they might not want to implement it:
* It could potentially give people the feeling they have to tell their
gender: some people might not be willing to (male or female)
* Although grammatically correct, I would find "gebruikster" in Dutch
very weird - because it is rarely used it would put a huge emphasis on
the fact that someone is female - this will depend per language.
* I'm no expert in the field, but I can imagine some issues around
transgender people
* If you have a male/female version, and someone never told which they
are: which will be the default? Male of female?
* What to do when people fill in the "incorrect" gender? Will there be
attempts to enforce correctness? (because it could be perceived as
lying)
etc. I would be a supporter of making it possible for a community to
make this choice, but I would not like us to make that choice for
them.
Best,
Lodewijk
2011/2/12 Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>om>:
Hoi,
In English the word "User" does not indicate if it is male or female, The
word "Gebruiker" or "Benutzer" do; the female form is
"Gebruikster" or
"Benutzerin". It is with pleasure that I learned that Nikerabbit has written
the code that allows for those languages where there is both a male and a
female form the namespace to indicate the sex of a user.
Given that we want to be more welcoming to women, I think it is awesome that
we will be able to address women as women. The fact that we gain some
statistical insight is a fringe benefit.
The only question left is, when can this be implemented..
Thanks,
GerardM
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