Find a way to nudge Drupal slack users away from using "guys" [#3067600]

Motivation

Many users in Drupal slack refer to all people as "guys", which is uncomfortable for many members of the Drupal community.

Discussing the issue often leads to involved and unproductive discussions.

Proposed resolution

We would like to find a way to automate or simplify the process of reminding folks that there are better way to address a group of Drupalists.

Remaining tasks

* Identify a way forward (possibly as a factoid) -- !guys could pull up a uniform prompt
* Write the needed text
* Implement with help from slack admins

Comments

Comment #1

12 July 2019 at 16:30

sparklingrobots created an issue. See original summary.

Comment #2

yesct commented 18 July 2019 at 16:22

I was one of the people who suggested !guys,

but after thinking on it, I'm concerned it might be read as NOT guys.

And given how sensitive people are,
maybe something else like ?guys

But I'm ok with either.

Comment #3

aburke626

she/her

English

Lehighton, PA, US

commented 23 July 2019 at 19:39

From today's leadership meeting:
We discussed a blog post about this and agreed it is a good idea, but to perhaps wait a month or two so as not to have a troll uprising or moderation kerfuffle. We can absolutely work on writing it/compiling resources in the meantime!