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.
Version: 1.22.0
Severity: enhancement
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53834
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · · | ||||
| Invalid | None | T40638 [DO NOT USE] Interface messages needing rewording or documentation and other issues with existing messages [superseded by #Voice_&_Tone] | ||
| Resolved | None | T55311 Wording of "unknown gender" option in English is unclear | ||
| Resolved | None | T33816 Improve the wording of gender selection option | ||
| · · · |
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.
Change 83083 had a related patch set uploaded by Nemo bis:
Clarify "unknown gender" option is a non-answer and resort
Change 83978 had a related patch set uploaded by Bartosz Dziewoński:
Fix English gender-unknown message
Change 83083 merged by jenkins-bot:
Clarify "unknown gender" option is a non-answer and resort
I think the text is good enough now with Nemo's and Tim's patches. Tentatively resolving.