Thread:Support/Adding a new variant to the French translation

Hi,

Short version: Could you add a new variant of French, called “gender-neutral French” (“français neutre”, in French)?

Long version: I recently updated the French translation of MediaWiki, fixing the gender of expressions referring to users whose gender is unknown (or not accessible with ), by using a neutral form instead of the masculine form. (This is equivalent to using the gender-neutral “they” instead of “he” for someone whose gender is unknown or non-binary.) However, some other French translators opposed that they consider “he” to be neutral, and thus are about to revert my changes.

So, I asked if it was possible to add a new variant of French (let's call it “gender-neutral French”, as opposed to the current one, “masculine French”) as SPIP developpers did, and they told me to ask here. So, here am I: Could you add a new variant of French, called “gender-neutral French” (« français neutre », in French)?

Best regards, Valentin