From 3c2d03a2b91a085b94c66e7810f358988538d1e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:05:39 +0000
Subject: doc: Add note on gender-neutral wording.
Suggested by ng0 <ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is>.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add @item regarding
gender-neutral wording.
---
doc/contributing.texi | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
(limited to 'doc')
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
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