MediaWiki talk:Centralauth-globalgrouppermissions-knownwiki/qqq

The use of "they" in this message is actually the American slang way of indicating neuter singular; it should be translated as "he or she", not as an actual plural. – McDutchie 16:46, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't think it is any worse than other alternatives in this case. See also Singular they. – Nike 16:54, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * It may be fine as plural in the original English, but "singular they" does not exist in any other language that I'm aware of, and non-native speakers are not aware of it because it's not "official" and therefore not taught in courses and schools. So this is very prone to being mistranslated. I've already noticed that the current translations in French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch and Swedish use the plural and are therefore wrong. There are probably more. – McDutchie 17:12, 20 July 2008 (UTC)