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Code4Lib | We Are The Wind Beneath Your Wings On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In general, it's not great to refer to people as nouns. It's better to say > people with an adjective, so the person isn't replaced or given just one > identity. I support not calling people coders or other noun. > > -Wilhelmina Randtke > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Between September and November of 2008, the title attribute of the > > Code4lib homepage was changed from "code4lib | Code for Libraries" to > > "code4lib | coders for libraries, libraries for coders". > > > > Dave Winer, who could be considered the inventor of the blog, recently > > tweeted about us: > > > > "code4lib: coders for libraries, libraries for coders. (I really hate the > > word "coders.") code4lib.org <http://code4lib.org/>" > > > > As someone who feels that Code4Lib should welcome people who don't > > particularly identify as "coders", I would welcome a return to the > previous > > title attribute. > > > > Eric Hellman > > President, Free Ebook Foundation > > Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ > > http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ > > twitter: @gluejar > > >