Suggestion:20080527 Gender Selection

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20080527 Gender Selection

Cheese 00:14, 27 May 2008 (BST)

Suggestion type
Extra Flavour

Suggestion scope
Everyone

Suggestion description
This is exactly what it says on the tin. It will add a gender selection (Male and Female, with a third option for those who don't want to say) drop down menu to your preferences. This won't change much really and is purely for flavour purposes. It will show up on your profile, but apart from that won't impact on the game at all.

Clarification - This adds three options: Male, Female and a decline to state (or similar) option.

Voting Section

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The only valid votes are Keep, Kill, Spam or Dupe. If you wish to abstain from voting, do not vote.

Keep Votes

1. Author Keep - I like potatoes. -- Cheese 00:15, 27 May 2008 (BST)
2. Keep - Meh. --The Hierophant 00:15, 27 May 2008 (BST)
3. Keep Who doesn't like potatoes? Ioncannon11 00:16, 27 May 2008 (BST)
4. Keep - But only if it showed up on the stats-page. --Midianian|T|T:S|C:RCS| 00:23, 27 May 2008 (BST)
5. Keep -Why is there a reason to not like this?-Danny Williams 00:52 27th May(BST)
6. Keep - It makes sense. I see no real reason to not have it. -- T^HEL^ORDG^UNS^LINGER 03:05, 27 May 2008 (BST)
7. Keep -Mmmmm flavor text. --Kingofallpie 04:13, 27 May 2008 (BST)
8. Keep - I can't wait to cap some bitches! -- #99 ^{DCC SNACK STRONG} 07:04, 27 May 2008 (BST)
9. Keep - There are thematic groups that are based on gender already, all this needs is a third option, a decline to state.--Karek^maps?! 09:45, 27 May 2008 (BST)

   Re - It will add a gender selection (Male and Female, with a third option for those who don't want to say) <--- It's already there. :P -- Cheese 09:47, 27 May 2008 (BST)

10. Keep --Blake Firedancer 11:17, 27 May 2008 (BST)
11. Keep - Because I can't tell if Ohnoesazombie is a male or female name. --Tselita 17:03, 27 May 2008 (BST)
12. Weak keep - It's nice, especially if you don't force people to tell. Also - I think it should affect game messages by replacing "them"/"their" with "her"/"him"/"his". Obviously it can't be covered by profile descriptions. -- 
    •  Nevin McAvoy 
    •  (talk) 
    20:45, 27 May 2008 (BST)
13. Kepp - Only if you're allowed to have gender-changing surgery. -- Quizzical  Quiz  Speak  21:46, 27 May 2008 (BST)
14. keep - this is a keep--Minigun4523 23:30, 27 May 2008 (BST)
15. Keep - Looks good to me! Thanks! --Desyana 09:58, 28 May 2008 (BST)
16. keep - On about the same level as clothes, really. Not needed, perhaps, but not doing much harm either. Good for those who want to use it and can be ignore by the rest. The Mad Axeman 12:03, 28 May 2008 (BST)
17. Keep - I honestly don't see any reason against it. John Ibans 13:24, 28 May 2008 (BST)
18. Keep - As Viktor Suvorov --Explodey 14:50, 28 May 2008 (BST)
19. Keep - It would allow us to use "he" and "she" in ingame text. --UCFSD 14:23, 29 May 2008 (BST)
20. Weak Keep - Although I understand your point, I thought clothing, names, and he/she text already made this obvious. If not, okay, but I haven't seen problems with this before.--Kolechovski 20:13, 29 May 2008 (BST)
21. Keep - So like 'A indescript MALE survivor'? Makes sense. On a lot of similar games there is the option to show your gender. I think the effect might be interesting... Zig13 - 30/05/2008 at 07:34(BST)
22. Keep - Why not. --Nitro378 ^{T JNL} 11:33, 31 May 2008 (BST)
23. Keep - Sure. It has, in the past, mildly disconcerted me for an instant to see a single person referred to as "them". Fred Fredfredson 18:22, 31 May 2008 (BST)

Kill Votes

1. Weak Kill I'm already hearing too many people getting called a sexist or misogynist here on the wiki. Imagine the rhetoric when people PK females ingame.--– Nubis 02:56, 27 May 2008 (BST)
2. Kill - Gender is such a fluid thing... But, seriously... Totally unnecessary, superfluous, repetitive, redundant, et al. As in, we don't need it when we have gendered clothing and, like, names and descriptions, etc... Also, some people actually want to play up the the androgeny ... Oh, that bisfan! :p --WanYao 03:08, 27 May 2008 (BST)
3. Kill - If you need to tell people your character's gender, choose a less ambiguous name. This is one girl that's happy with what he has! Also, that this suggestion is juxtaposed with Fighting Drag on the main page there, that's awesome!! Fighting Drag and Gender Selection, what are we thinking people?? - Bisfan 03:15, 27 May 2008 (BST)
4. Kill Nah.... Personaly I just can't see the point. If you realy want to tget it across then just select a male or female name.--Seventythree^Talk 03:50, 27 May 2008 (BST)
5. Kill Eh. Clothing's one thing, but your character description should be able to take care of gender nicely, seeing as it's only a few words versus multiple sentences you need to get your point across. --Howard Bentley 03:54, 27 May 2008 (BST)
6. Kill - Already addressed by the profile description--Druuuuu ^OcTRR 03:57, 27 May 2008 (BST)
7. Kill - Just not needed.--Screw Names 07:50, 27 May 2008 (BST)
8. Kill - Character names can give a hint to gender, but why not just write it in the character description? --Officer Dick Trickle 08:16, 27 May 2008 (BST)
9. Kill - Unnecessary. Users that care enough can put it in their profile.  Billy Club Thorton  T!  RR  09:25, 27 May 2008 (BST)
10. Kill - Just use the profile box. --Karloth Vois TALK ^RR 13:23, 27 May 2008 (BST)
11. Kill - Not as bad of an idea as the "calling" selection box but the same principle - if somebody cares enough they can make it evident in their profile description box. --Riseabove 18:20, 27 May 2008 (BST)
12. weak Kill - because it doesn't give me any way to convey that I'm neither. --dgw 20:56, 27 May 2008 (BST)

    Re : with a third option for those who don't want to say <-- Doesn't that cover it? -- Cheese 21:47, 27 May 2008 (BST)

    Re - No. Not wanting to say isn't the same as not having a gender, and wanting to say it. --dgw 15:46, 28 May 2008 (BST)

13. Kill ----Secruss^|Yak|Brahnz!|CGR|PKA||EMLN|Templates|RRF|RFTM|Crap|WHOZ||MU|GN|C2008||02:17, 28 May 2008 (BST)
14. Meh - unnecessary -- boxy ^{talk • i} 13:40 28 May 2008 (BST)
15. Kill - Eh, you can just write it in your profile. --ZsL 05:05, 30 May 2008 (BST)
16. Kill/Incomplete - I want racism in this game to complement the new sexism that this suggestion will found; thus, give the option of picking race too. Hell, age is also needed. -- LABIA on the INTERNET ^{Dunell Hills Corpseman} #24 - |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ^TMG 10:32, 30 May 2008 (BST)

Spam/Dupe Votes

1. Dupe/Spam - probably a dupe, other wise just put that info in your profile...--/~Rakuen~\^Talk I Still Love Grim 00:23, 27 May 2008 (BST)
2. Prolly - Why would I look when somebody else can? Either I have seen this before or the vicodin is kicking in. Or both. --Vandurn 02:21, 27 May 2008 (BST)
3. Dupe - I think so too, although I might be mixing it up with another text-MMORPG. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 03:48, 27 May 2008 (BST)
4. Dupe Unable to provide a link because it is a dupe of the ability to put your character's description on your character's profile page.--Pesatyel 07:59, 27 May 2008 (BST)
5. Most likely is a dupe. Too lazy for a link right now. And you know how it works. No link, no count. So, you're safe. For now. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 10:54, 27 May 2008 (BST)
6. Spam - write it in your character description. The benefit is: you can have a free sex change anytime you like. --Funt Solo ^QT 12:46, 27 May 2008 (BST)
7. Dupe - Who do you love? -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 21:01, 31 May 2008 (BST)
8. Dupe – Found by Iscariot. Fixed your link, too. :) Also: technically, this is sex, not gender. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 14:09, 1 June 2008 (BST)
9. dupetastic --Scotw 14:23, 1 June 2008 (BST)