Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Use gender-neutral language in documentation - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 24/09/15 22:41, Geoff Winkless wrote:
> On 24 September 2015 at 11:33, Gavin Flower
> <GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz
> <mailto:GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz>>wrote:
>
>     An example from a book on PostgreSQL server programming that I'm
>     working through (Note that it is obviously awkward to write with
>     gender pronouns when gender is irrelevant, note the "he she" in
>     one place and "he/she" in another!):
>
>        "If the user is a superuser, then they have permission to see the
>        full query. If the user is a regular user, they will only see the
>        full query for their queries."
>
> Can I quietly suggest "​Users with superuser pemissions can always see
> the full query​, while regular users will only see the full query for
> their own queries."?
>
> Geoff
By all means say it quietly!  :-)

But I was simply trying to change it into Gender Appropriate form,
rather improve it in other aspects.

However, your rephrasing is better still!


-Gavin