[MR] Names and stuff (fwd)

[Becky McEllistrem]

--- "Brett W. McCoy" <bmccoy at chapelperilous.net>
wrote:
> Becky McEllistrem wrote:
> 
> > Actually it is about recruitment that I worry
> though. 
> > Would you like to move a kingdom and have
> everybody
> > "correct" you with "proper" terminology as you
> walk in
> > the door?  This is what gets encouraged and has
> > already been mentioned.
> 
> Why is this any different than correcting people
> with inappropriate 
> garb, or someone walking around with a cell phone? 


Because that's not something they typically hear as
the enter the site.


> It doesn't have be 
> done as finger-wagging and snarking, there are
> better ways to do it and 
> I think those who want to see more accuracy should
> be careful how they 
> go about this... the idea of 'authenticity nazi'
> doesn't need to be 
> perpetuated.
> 

I'm right there with you.  But my worry is what I've
seen not what is appropriate.  What I've seen is more
excuses at nagging from people that don't know the
ones they're nagging very well.  And more excuses to
shout "correct" terms in court at someone making
announcements.  

I want authenticity actually.  I don't think words are
horrid but silly.  But I worry about how we approach
it.

This is part of why you see such an objection to
changing words here - the dread of encouraged finger
wagging and obnoxious behavior towards those that
moved in.  In this case, an increased chance that this
finger wagging would happen towards newcomers,
especially those that just moved here.

Rebecca





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