<div dir="auto">I'll do some more research before the vote goes ahead. I've read quite a bit of research around gendered language since first mentioning this idea. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'll be sure to list them in the proposal but feel free to send through any sources that are both for and against the arguments I have raised. I'm thinking that I'll mention the arguments both for and against on the proposal page as this is a big proposal which if it succeeds will have a big impact.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If anyone has any arguments for or against that they wish to have included in the proposal, please feel free to leave them on the talk page for the proposal.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Rob</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, 7:49 pm Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging, <<a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>21 Oct 2020, 09:43 by <a href="mailto:rory@technomancy.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rory@technomancy.org</a>:<br></div><blockquote style="border-left:1px solid #93a3b8;padding-left:10px;margin-left:5px"><div>(I broke my collarbone, so I'm typing one handed and can mistype)<br></div><div><br></div><div>On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, at 9:39 AM, Rory McCann wrote:<br></div><blockquote><div>On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, at 6:25 AM, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote:<br></div><div>> (1) I never understood "man made" as<br></div><div>> "made by males".<br></div><div>> (4) I would prefer to not use OSM as a tool<br></div><div>> to change language, especially if done at <br></div><div>> cost of making more complicated for<br></div><div>> mappers. AFAIK term "man made" and it's<br></div><div>> meaning remains standard and is well <br></div><div>> understood<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> Disclaimer: not a native speaker.<br></div><div>> (1) and (4) may be wrong.<br></div></blockquote><div>It's interesting how non-native speakers of English often speak a <br></div><div>quaint old fashioned version of English. Languages are often chamging <br></div><div>and ir can take a little while for books, courses and teachers to catch up.<br></div></blockquote><div>Oh, I know. That is why I added my disclaimer<br></div><div>and that is why I tried to read this referenced<br></div><div>scientific study, I am well aware that <br></div><div>I am not an expert here.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Though I know that it is something that<br></div><div>is kind of tricky topic due to politic issues,<br></div><div>do I wanted to check situation.</div><blockquote style="border-left:1px solid #93a3b8;padding-left:10px;margin-left:5px"><div>So you'll hear non-natives use words like "whom" or using "he" to refer to generic people of any gender. It always sounds old-fashioned. 🙂<br></div><div><br></div><div>OSM prioritizes local knowledge, by the same logic non-native speakers of English should defer to native English speakers for the meaning of words.<br></div></blockquote><div>I am an expert when it comes to some topics,<br></div><div>but English language is NOT one of them <br></div><div>and I am well aware about this.</div> </div>
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