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Gender neutral language

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Rough summary of https://help.nextcloud.com/t/geschlechtsneutrale-sprache-genderneutral/82200

  • Avoid words like "Users" and use "Accounts" or "Person"
  • Seems we also should avoid "Participant", it was suggested to also replace with "Person", but that doesn't really work as we then have the same word covering 2 different hierarchies and concepts. Also Participants can also be guests, groups, circles, ...

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Research direction

Start with the linked Nextcloud forum discussion, then search the project for user-facing uses of “Users,” “Accounts,” “Person,” and “Participant.” Resolve the terminology and hierarchy questions before changing wording; done means the agreed gender-neutral language is applied consistently without conflating participants, guests, groups, or circles.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
internationalization, localization
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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