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Bug 53311 - Wording of "unknown gender" option in English is unclear
Wording of "unknown gender" option in English is unclear
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
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1.22.0
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: Low enhancement (vote)
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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Depends on: 31816
Blocks: messages
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Reported: 2013-08-25 08:03 UTC by This, that and the other (TTO)
Modified: 2013-09-12 10:13 UTC (History)
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Description This, that and the other (TTO) 2013-08-25 08:03:55 UTC 
How do you prefer to be described?	
 He edits wiki pages
 She edits wiki pages
 I prefer not to detail

By default, users prefer to be described as "they prefer not to detail", which is nonsense.

Suggesting to change this last option to "(no preference)", including the parentheses to clarify that this is not a way that one prefers to be described. Or something like that.
Comment 1 Nemo 2013-08-25 08:23:07 UTC 
I think adding the parentheses without changing the wording is the most that could be needed to clarify that it's not an answer to the question, which looks rather obvious to me.
Comment 2 Gerrit Notification Bot 2013-09-06 11:24:51 UTC 
Change 83083 had a related patch set uploaded by Nemo bis:
Clarify "unknown gender" option is a non-answer and resort

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/83083
Comment 3 Gerrit Notification Bot 2013-09-12 09:33:08 UTC 
Change 83978 had a related patch set uploaded by Bartosz Dziewoński:
Fix English gender-unknown message

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/83978
Comment 4 Gerrit Notification Bot 2013-09-12 09:39:39 UTC 
Change 83978 merged by jenkins-bot:
Fix English gender-unknown message

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/83978
Comment 5 Gerrit Notification Bot 2013-09-12 09:41:15 UTC 
Change 83083 merged by jenkins-bot:
Clarify "unknown gender" option is a non-answer and resort

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/83083
Comment 6 Bartosz Dziewoński 2013-09-12 10:13:45 UTC 
I think the text is good enough now with Nemo's and Tim's patches. Tentatively resolving.
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