[NFB-Web] Terminology shift

[David Goldfield]

If someone is very good and skilled at telling stories is it then wrong 
to say that this person is a master storyteller? To say that one has 
mastered a certain skill doesn't imply that the skill in question is a 
slave of that individual. It just means that the person is particularly 
good with that particular skill. If this is the case then I'm wondering 
if the term webmaster necessarily has racist undertones? If I am called 
a webmaster does that mean that the Web site or the Web authoring tool 
that I use is my slave? Does a master piano player consider the piano to 
be his or her slave or servant? I'm just putting these questions out 
there as food for thought. No controversy or disrespect is intended.


David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019

WWW.DavidGoldfield.org

On 7/4/2020 6:36 PM, Darrell Shandrow via NFB-Web wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
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> This is not ridiculous at all, and it is easy for us to change.
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> Instead of webmaster, we can talk about a web administrator or website
> manager.
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> Instead of master and slave (for old IDE hardware, servers configured in
> high-availability mode, etc.) we can use terms like primary and secondary.
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> Hope this helps.
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> Thanks,
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> Darrell
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> From: NFB-Web <nfb-web-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Skye via NFB-Web
> Sent: Saturday, July 4, 2020 10:19 AM
> To: nfb-web at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Skye <Starry_sky at live.com>
> Subject: [NFB-Web] Terminology shift
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> Hey all - there is a concerted effort in the technology community to retire
> the use of certain terms that references an overlord/master superiority (or
> terms with racial overtones).  So being a "webmaster" is no longer an
> acceptable term or title.
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> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 14:29:35 -0400
> From:  <mailto:blind at trailstone.com> <blind at trailstone.com>
> To: "'NFB Webmaster's List'"  <mailto:nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
> <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [NFB-Web] NFB national convention webmaster division annual
> meeting
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> Gary,
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> Is there an agenda for the webmaster division at the NFB national convention
> yet?
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> Tuesday, July 14, 2020
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> 6:00 - 7:30 PM-WEBMASTERS MEETING
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> . A meeting for all NFB affiliate and division webmasters to discuss the
> importance of an informative, accessible, and visually attractive website.
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> . Gary Wunder, Chair
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> Graham Mehl
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> blind at trailstone.com <mailto:blind at trailstone.com>
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> NFB Central Maryland Chapter, President
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> NFB of Maryland Website and Technology Committee, Chair
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> LCB graduate, 2016
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