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authorGuillermo Iguaran <guilleiguaran@gmail.com>2013-12-01 23:33:54 -0500
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Update API docs guidelines with reference about gender neutral pronouns
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@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Spell names correctly: Arel, Test::Unit, RSpec, HTML, MySQL, JavaScript, ERB. Wh
Use the article "an" for "SQL", as in "an SQL statement". Also "an SQLite database".
+When using pronouns in reference to a hypothetical person, such as "a user with a session cookie", gender neutral pronouns (they/their/them) should be used.
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