From 3c2d03a2b91a085b94c66e7810f358988538d1e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:05:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add note on gender-neutral wording. Suggested by ng0 . * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add @item regarding gender-neutral wording. --- doc/contributing.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 208c6af5e8..dc554d2c76 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -323,6 +323,12 @@ related to the hardware---e.g., use of different instruction set extensions---or to the operating system kernel---e.g., reliance on @code{uname} or @file{/proc} files. +@item +When writing documentation, please use gender-neutral wording when +referring to people, such as +@uref{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they, singular +``they''@comma{} ``their''@comma{} ``them''}, and so forth. + @end enumerate When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as