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    <p>+1 for trying to achieve gender neutrality</p>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 19.04.2017 um 02:25 schrieb Eric
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        <div class="gmail_default">Hi list,</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default">I opened bug #18432 <a
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          because I saw several places in the Koha codebase where the
          pronoun "he" was being used to refer to a generic third person
          who could be of any gender. Jonathan Druart noted that this
          should be a coding guideline, as otherwise new instances of
          gendered pronouns might continue to be added. Perhaps it
          belongs on the "Terminology" page of the wiki?</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default">So here's my proposal. I'm trying to
          be concise.</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default"><b>Use gender neutral pronouns</b></div>
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        <div class="gmail_default">When referring to a person who could
          be of any gender, you should use the words they/them/their.
          This goes for code comments, text in templates, and strings in
          tests. For example, here's a string from a patrons test
          updated to be gender neutral.</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default">Before<b>:</b></div>
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        <div class="gmail_default">is( $total, $enrolmentfee_K +
          $enrolmentfee_J, "Kid growing and become a juvenile, he should
          pay " . ( $enrolmentfee_K + $enrolmentfee_J ) );<br>
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        <div class="gmail_default">After:</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default">is( $total, $enrolmentfee_K +
          $enrolmentfee_J, "Kid growing and become a juvenile, they
          should pay " . ( $enrolmentfee_K + $enrolmentfee_J ) );<br>
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        <div class="gmail_default">Gender neutral terms are preferable
          for a few reasons. They're more welcoming, showing that Koha
          expects users and contributors to be of any gender. They're
          also more accurate. Inappropriately using a particular gender
          can cause confusion, leading someone to believe that code
          operates differently based on the value of borrowers.sex, for
          instance.</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default">I hope that's clear. I'm happy to
          reword it, and to attend the next Koha developers meeting to
          explain further if need be.</div>
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                        <div><span>Best,</span><br>
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                          <div>Eric Phetteplace</div>
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