Archive: Crude documentation language


Crude documentation language
Every once in a while I get a comment about some sentence in the documentation which is "unprofessional", "dirty", "crude", "foul", etc. Some people don't like the usage of words like "poop", "crap" and "fuck". Personally, I don't mind these words there and I don't intend to do anything about them. I know some people agree with me and some disagree. But I'm not here to start another discussion about it.

If you do mind and care to do something about it, here's the deal. Submit a patch that improves something in the documentation and also removes some of these "crude" words. A patch that will contain both fixes or improvements to the documentation and removal of "crude" words, will be happily applied by me. A patch, or a complaint about "crude" words, without anything else, will have to wait for someone else.


I am mostly offended by documentation which does not include any of those words, and will be patching accordingly. I hope to see the changes very soon after I submit them.