"___ has locked his inventory in the trade"

TappedOut forum

Posted on June 13, 2015, 6:30 a.m. by sonnet666

Why is this still a thing?

This struck me as odd for the first time a few days ago: that bit of text for trade confirmation defaults to referring to the user as male. Why?

I'm pretty sure that there's no other text on this site that refer's to users by gender; it's not like the site knows whether we're male or female, as inputting that information isn't part of making an account here; and there's no way to input that information into our profiles, so we can't change it even if we wanted to. Seeing how Wizards is putting in so much effort into making Magic more inclusive, shouldn't we be trying to do the same?

tl;dr: Can that be changed to say "their inventory" ? It seems like it would be an easy fix.

Admin Edit:

This is a discussion about site features. It is not a discussion about social issues. Comments in this thread must pertain to the site. If you're interested in discussing gender/identity politics or anything else, find another site to fulfill that interest.

Epochalyptik says... #1

@Rasta_Viking29: I'm calling you all on all of your bullshit. This is a site feature discussion, not a plebiscite on social issues. Don't challenge me.

June 14, 2015 11:09 a.m.

ChiefBell says... #2

I think their. Because it has actually been an accepted form for a long time.

June 14, 2015 11:09 a.m.

SpartanCEL says... #3

I chose his/her over their because magic cards use his/her as someone said, Path to Exile.

I'm cool with 'their' as well

June 14, 2015 11:16 a.m.

Jay says... #4

Damn yo.

The people arguing are doing it just to argue man. Everybody in the thread said we should change it- a few, however, added some extra... something.

For those of you who are arguing just to argue, being contrarians because it's the internet and stuff... please, move it off of tappedout. Thanks.

June 14, 2015 1:01 p.m.

And now that the dust has settled, I'm summoning yeaGO who I'm sure has enjoyed this little debate of yours :)

June 14, 2015 1:05 p.m.

Epochalyptik says... #6

He's already subscribed to this forum. Same as I am. Any thread that comes up here will notify us.

June 14, 2015 1:08 p.m.

I'm aware of that, I'm just letting him know that the argument is over.

June 14, 2015 1:09 p.m. Edited.

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