Inclusive Bot

The importance of the language we use

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1. Inclusive Bot The importance of the language we use Melanie Rogan @mellywellington
2. @mellywellington Mel (she/her). Software Engineer
5. Words are hard. @mellywellington
6. 1.Awareness 2.Doing something about it 3.Open conversations @mellywellington
7. @mellywellington New team!
8. @mellywellington Get things running!
9. @mellywellington
10. @mellywellington
11. @mellywellington Nothing works!
12. simple. just. why? @mellywellington
14. @mellywellington Is anyone up for joining forces and working through our repos to remove these words? Can the master branch on GitHub be renamed by default?
15. whitelist. blacklist. master. slave. @mellywellington just. guys. easy. simply.
16. 1.Awareness 2.Doing something about it @mellywellington
17. @mellywellington
18. const files = await context.github.pullRequests.listFiles( context.repo({ pull_number: context.payload.repository.pull_request.number, }), );
19. const checkCommit = files.data[0].patch.split('\n'); const onlyAddedLines = line => { return line.startsWith('+'); };
20. @mellywellington
29. 1.Awareness 2.Doing something about it 3.Open conversations @mellywellington
30. @mellywellington Out of curiosity what is the issue with just or obviously? Might I ask what the problem with ‘Blacklist’ is? My understanding is that it stems from practices used by ancient Greeks and the Roman senate...
33. “shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.” Brené Brown @mellywellington
34. “If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.” Brené Brown @mellywellington
35. selfdefined.app
36. Words are hard. But, let’s be informed. @mellywellington
37. https://selfdefined.app https://probot.io/ https://gist.github.com/bkeepers https://github.com/apps/inclusivebot
38. Thank you Melanie Rogan @mellywellington