From 6f0fb7ba25b288ed8930b117a5db51123e6df582 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guillermo Iguaran Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 23:33:54 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update API docs guidelines with reference about gender neutral pronouns --- guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md b/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md index 98ead9570f..9b3ca6e2a5 100644 --- a/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md +++ b/guides/source/api_documentation_guidelines.md @@ -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. + English ------- -- GitLab