From a20e9cf873f2584500a3ab0355da5e4e7a89c905 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Van Der Velden Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 12:50:33 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Create CONTRIBUTING.md --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.md diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5618b7a --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +## Contribution +Before making any pull requests please ensure you have added your language code to the `lang.js` file and your language file fits the form shown in `en.json`. Please also keep in mind the following. + +## Translator Considerations + +### Structure +There may be occasions were the correct structure is not possile due to how we've set up our parser, in these occasions, open a second issue for the proposed structure requirment (separate from any pull request or language request issue) and ensure your strings fit your own specification. We'll do our best to try and solve it as long as you do this for us. + +### Gender neutrality in languages with grammatical gender +Thanks™ does not store the gender of any of it's members. As such, it's important to us that were possible you use the most gender nuatral version of any phrase (Even if it sounds a little strange considering the language). This is to ensure that no users feel uncomfortable with how they being refered. A wiki page on the use of gender neutrality in languages with gramatical gender can be found [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_neutrality_in_languages_with_grammatical_gender).