Open Bug 1675986 Opened 4 years ago Updated 2 years ago

[meta] No derogatory language: Remove negative references to mental illness

Categories

(Firefox :: General, task, P3)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Type:
task

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People

(Reporter: jbauman, Unassigned)

References

(Depends on 1 open bug, Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

(Keywords: meta)

In accordance with the "Derogatory Language" section of the Mozilla Community Participation Guidelines, instances of terms associated with mental illness such as "crazy" or "insane" used to negatively describe things should be replaced with more descriptive terminology such as "complicated", "unclear" or "absurd". The current usage unnecessarily perpetuates the stigma associated with mental illness and makes the codebase less inclusive.

Depends on: 1675987

This list can be updated as necessary, but to start tracking the work here are some terms to start with, linked to issues where they've been filed. Terms that would be replaced, but which don't currently exist in first-party code are listed as struck through.

  • bananas
  • bonkers
  • crazy
  • cuckoo
  • demented
  • deranged
  • hysterical
  • insane
  • loco
  • loony/lunatic
  • mad
  • nutso/nutsy/nutty
  • psychotic
  • sanity check/test (see seanmhanson's note)
  • wacko
Assignee: jbauman → nobody
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Severity: -- → N/A
Priority: -- → P3
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