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Results of Questionnaire Persona Names and Pronouns Approval

The results of this questionnaire are available to anybody. In addition, answers are sent to the following email address: shawn@w3.org

This questionnaire was open from 2020-07-31 to 2020-08-12.

19 answers have been received.

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  1. About this survey
  2. Comments and approval

1. About this survey

In the EOWG teleconference on 31 July 2020, EOWG passed a "tentative resolution for further review" on adding information on persona names and pronouns to the WAI Style Guide. EOWG 31 July minutes

Pending the results of this survey, we will bring the issue up more broadly to others in the W3C community.

See the proposed wording in the "Personas and use cases"section.

Details

Responder
Brent Bakken
Shawn Lawton Henry
Daniel Montalvo
Sylvie Duchateau
Sharron Rush https://www.un.org/en/gender-inclusive-language/guidelines.shtml

Example of pronoun use guidance from the UN
Andrew Arch
Carlos Duarte
Laura Keen
Kris Anne Kinney
Hidde de Vries
Vicki Menezes Miller
Estella Oncins https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/151780/GNL_Guidelines_EN.pdf
Mary Jo Mueller
Howard Kramer
Jennifer Chadwick
Shadi Abou-Zahra
Ruoxi Ran
Kevin White
Mark Palmer

2. Comments and approval

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Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
I support the approach and wording. 17
I am OK with the approach and wording; please consider my comments below on potential changes. 2
I would support the approach and wording only with the changes in comments below.
I do not support this approach and wording, because of the comments below.
I abstain (not vote) and accept the decisions of the Working Group

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Responder Comments and approvalComments
Brent Bakken
  • I support the approach and wording.
 Very good additions.
Shawn Lawton Henry
  • I support the approach and wording.
Daniel Montalvo
  • I support the approach and wording.
Sylvie Duchateau
  • I support the approach and wording.
Sharron Rush
  • I support the approach and wording.
Andrew Arch
  • I support the approach and wording.
 The rationale says it all :)
Carlos Duarte
  • I am OK with the approach and wording; please consider my comments below on potential changes.
 Perhaps the last bullet could take into account the fact that some languages do not have non-gender pronouns.
Something like: "For persona pronouns, when the language has non-gender pronouns, it's OK to use "she/her, he/his, they/their".
Laura Keen
  • I support the approach and wording.
Kris Anne Kinney
  • I support the approach and wording.
Hidde de Vries
  • I support the approach and wording.
 This is great, nothing to add or comment!
Vicki Menezes Miller
  • I support the approach and wording.
Estella Oncins
  • I support the approach and wording.
Mary Jo Mueller
  • I support the approach and wording.
Howard Kramer
  • I support the approach and wording.
Jennifer Chadwick
  • I support the approach and wording.
 Read thoroughly and no other comments. I support the information presented for Personas and Use Cases and agree that because the W3C is truly international, both US and UK spelling (Canadian spelling) should be considered and possibly added in parens to demonstrate that consideration.
Shadi Abou-Zahra
  • I support the approach and wording.
Ruoxi Ran
  • I support the approach and wording.
Kevin White
  • I am OK with the approach and wording; please consider my comments below on potential changes.
 I wonder if it is worth recommending that gender neutral names are favoured. Even if a gender pronoun is included, readers may make their own assumption on reading. This is a minor thing though.
Mark Palmer
  • I support the approach and wording.

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ChoiceResponders
I support the approach and wording.
  • Brent Bakken
  • Shawn Lawton Henry
  • Daniel Montalvo
  • Sylvie Duchateau
  • Sharron Rush
  • Andrew Arch
  • Laura Keen
  • Kris Anne Kinney
  • Hidde de Vries
  • Vicki Menezes Miller
  • Estella Oncins
  • Mary Jo Mueller
  • Howard Kramer
  • Jennifer Chadwick
  • Shadi Abou-Zahra
  • Ruoxi Ran
  • Mark Palmer
I am OK with the approach and wording; please consider my comments below on potential changes.
  • Carlos Duarte
  • Kevin White
I would support the approach and wording only with the changes in comments below.
I do not support this approach and wording, because of the comments below.
I abstain (not vote) and accept the decisions of the Working Group

More details on responses

  • Brent Bakken: last responded on 1, August 2020 at 14:49 (UTC)
  • Shawn Lawton Henry: last responded on 1, August 2020 at 16:32 (UTC)
  • Daniel Montalvo: last responded on 3, August 2020 at 07:22 (UTC)
  • Sylvie Duchateau: last responded on 3, August 2020 at 07:48 (UTC)
  • Sharron Rush: last responded on 3, August 2020 at 16:55 (UTC)
  • Andrew Arch: last responded on 4, August 2020 at 05:09 (UTC)
  • Carlos Duarte: last responded on 4, August 2020 at 09:08 (UTC)
  • Laura Keen: last responded on 4, August 2020 at 11:21 (UTC)
  • Kris Anne Kinney: last responded on 4, August 2020 at 14:09 (UTC)
  • Hidde de Vries: last responded on 4, August 2020 at 14:21 (UTC)
  • Vicki Menezes Miller: last responded on 4, August 2020 at 22:19 (UTC)
  • Estella Oncins: last responded on 5, August 2020 at 07:25 (UTC)
  • Mary Jo Mueller: last responded on 6, August 2020 at 02:02 (UTC)
  • Howard Kramer: last responded on 6, August 2020 at 03:58 (UTC)
  • Jennifer Chadwick: last responded on 6, August 2020 at 17:54 (UTC)
  • Shadi Abou-Zahra: last responded on 7, August 2020 at 12:38 (UTC)
  • Ruoxi Ran: last responded on 11, August 2020 at 01:11 (UTC)
  • Kevin White: last responded on 11, August 2020 at 08:03 (UTC)
  • Mark Palmer: last responded on 12, August 2020 at 20:35 (UTC)

Non-responders

The following persons have not answered the questionnaire:

  1. Eric Velleman
  2. Kazuhito Kidachi
  3. Jedi Lin
  4. David Sloan
  5. Reinaldo Ferraz
  6. Bill Kasdorf
  7. Cristina Mussinelli
  8. Kevin White
  9. Kevin Rydberg
  10. Ahmath Bamba MBACKE
  11. Adina Halter
  12. Denis Boudreau
  13. Sarah Pulis
  14. Bill Tyler
  15. Gregorio Pellegrino
  16. Sean Kelly
  17. Muhammad Saleem
  18. Sarah Lewthwaite
  19. Jade Matos Carew
  20. Sonsoles López Pernas
  21. Greta Krafsig
  22. Jason McKee
  23. Jayne Schurick
  24. Billie Johnston
  25. Michele Williams
  26. Shikha Nikhil Dwivedi
  27. Brian Elton
  28. Julianna Rowsell
  29. Tabitha Mahoney
  30. Fred Edora
  31. Rabab Gomaa
  32. Marcelo Paiva
  33. Eloisa Guerrero
  34. Leonard Beasley
  35. Frankie Wolf
  36. Supriya Makude
  37. Aleksandar Cindrikj
  38. Angela Young

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