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[[gender]] setting is used in the localisation already. Not doing it would
leave an inconsistency that is fixed by this software. For languages like
Dutch and German there is a choice. The word "gebruiker" is not like
"kameraad" that does not have a female form. I would prefer to leave it to
people to make up their own mind.
Thanks,
        Gerard

On 13 February 2011 11:12, Thomas Goldammer <thogol at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Lodewijk is absolutely right. For example, "Benutzer" in German is a
> default term, it covers both male and female users (probably the same
> with gebruiker in Dutch), so why change it to something causing
> problems all over the place, not only technical ones? They can add it
> to the code of Mediawiki but per default it would be disabled, and to
> enable it, it needs of course a community decision.
>
> Btw., Gerard, this wouldn't really help to attract more new female
> users. Or how would you think the software could know the gender of an
> anonymous user to address them with female language if appropriate? ^^
>
> Best regards
> Th.
>
> 2011/2/13 Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org>:
> > 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
>
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