About

A GitHub bot to add status checks for inclusive language.

Development

All checks currently have a conclusion of neutral instead of success or failure. Annotations are created for each change that could be made more inclusive.

Why

Complex and subtle configurations of sexist, racist, or ethnocentric language use in technical documents can derail or interfere with readers’ ability and desire to comprehend and follow important information.

Heather Brodie Graves & Roger Graves (1998) Masters, slaves, and infant mortality: Language challenges for technical editing, Technical Communication Quarterly, 7:4, 389-414, DOI: 10.1080/10572259809364639