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Replace the term "sanity", which is non-inclusive. #1362
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alliepiper
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What does it mean "non-inclusive"? Which property is not included into the meaning namely? |
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The term "sanity", which has denotative (e.g. primary) meaning of "basic tests", also has negative connotations (e.g. secondary meanings) relating to mental health. The use of the term "sanity check" may suggest that individuals with mental illnesses are inferior, wrong, or incorrect. In accordance with the Thrust code of conduct, we should strive to avoid non-inclusive terms like "sanity" and use neutral and inclusive language instead. The term "sanity" is listed as a non-inclusive term to avoid by a number of technical and standards organizations:
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"sanity", which has denotative (e.g. primary) meaning of "basic tests", also has negative connotations (e.g. secondary meanings) relating to mental health. The use of the term "sanity check" may suggest that individuals with mental illnesses are inferior, wrong, or incorrect. In accordance with the Thrust code of conduct, we should strive to avoid non-inclusive terms like "sanity" and use neutral and inclusive language instead: https://github.com/NVIDIA/thrust/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md The term "sanity" is listed as a non-inclusive term to avoid by a number of technical and standards organizations: W3C: https://w3c.github.io/manual-of-style/#inclusive IETF: https://github.com/ietf/terminology Google Engineering: https://developers.google.com/style/inclusive-documentation Twitter Engineering INCITS (US national standards) ISO (international standards)
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