Commit 3b42af4a authored by Mike Lewis's avatar Mike Lewis

Merge branch 'docs-avoid-racially-insensitive-terms' into 'master'

Docs: Avoid racially-insensitive terms

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!34421
parents 1804d31c a546b31f
...@@ -328,6 +328,9 @@ tenses, words, and phrases: ...@@ -328,6 +328,9 @@ tenses, words, and phrases:
- Don't use profanity or obscenities. Doing so may negatively affect other - Don't use profanity or obscenities. Doing so may negatively affect other
users and contributors, which is contrary to GitLab's value of users and contributors, which is contrary to GitLab's value of
[diversity and inclusion](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#diversity-inclusion). [diversity and inclusion](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#diversity-inclusion).
- Avoid the use of [racially-insensitive terminology or phrases](https://www.marketplace.org/2020/06/17/tech-companies-update-language-to-avoid-offensive-terms/). For example:
- Use *primary* and *secondary* for database and server relationships.
- Use *allowlist* and *denylist* to describe access control lists.
### Word usage clarifications ### Word usage clarifications
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