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Re: Diversity and offensive terminology in RFCs

Alissa Cooper <alissa@cooperw.in> Fri, 21 September 2018 13:21 UTC

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Subject: Re: Diversity and offensive terminology in RFCs
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:21:49 -0400
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I wanted to send a friendly reminder to keep discussions on this list professional, respectful, and courteous, per RFC 3005 and RFC 7154. The sergeants-at-arms are following up with individuals off-list as necessary.

Niels, I think there might be two further contributions from you that could be helpful in this discussion. If you have links to relevant research in this area, those might be useful to share. I’m not saying that in the sense that you bear a burden of proof, but really just encouraging you and others to share research results that may be directly relevant if you’re aware of them.

The other helpful item would be a clarification about what is being proposed. Are you interested in updating previously published RFCs, having authors use different terminology going forward, both, something else? Or were you just looking to spark discussion?

Thanks,
Alissa

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