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OpenGates Checklist
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A reference checklist of things to help you avoid gatekeeping in your dev posts, articles, videos, talks, presentations, podcasts, sites, and in any other content.

Anti-gatekeeping Checklist

The checklist is not in order of importance. It is broken down into sections to help us understand how each item helps us open gates and avoid gatekeeping.

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Inclusion

  • Images should vary in age, ability, race, nationality, gender, body types (ref)
  • Example names should be different from the status quo (ref)
  • Lists of people should not be homogenous (ref)
  • Can everyone who might view this to see someone like themselves represented in it? (ref)
  • Are any stereotypes being perpetuated? (ref)
  • Who is missing or excluded? (ref)
  • item (ref)

Gender Inclusion

  • Avoid using gendered words and colloquialisms (ref)
  • Have you used “man”, or “men” or words containing them to refer to people who may not be men? (ref)
  • Have you used “he,” “him,” “his,” or “himself” to refer to people who may not be men? (ref)
  • If you have mentioned someone’s sex or gender, was it necessary to do so? (ref)
  • Do you use any occupational (or other) stereotypes? (ref)
  • Do you provide the same kinds of information and descriptions when writing about people of different genders? (ref)
  • Do make use of "they" as a gender neutral option? (ref)

Cultural Inclusion

  • Avoid cultural appropriation (ref)
    • not Guru → expert, teacher (ref)
    • not Spirit animal → personal mascot (ref)
    • not Pow-wow → if you meant "meeting", look up some synonyms). (ref)
    • not Tribe → refrain from use, or replace it with a term without appropriation like "close group of friends" (ref)
    • not Totemic animal → refrain from use (ref)
  • Avoid culturally offensives terms and phrases
    • not "Indian giver" → refrain from use (ref)
    • not "Too many chiefs, and not enough Indians" → refrain from use (ref)
    • not "Circle the wagons", "Hold down the fort", "On the warpath" → refrain from use (ref)
    • not "Indian giver" → refrain from use (ref)
    • not "Indian time", "Indian summer" → refrain from use (ref)
    • not "Gypped/Jewed" → scammed, ripped off (ref)
    • not "Gypsy" → refrain from use (ref)
    • not "Karma" → comeuppance (ref coming soon)

Disability Inclusion

  • Avoid inspiration porn (ref)
  • When discussing a product, indicate what makes it accessible (ref coming soon)
  • Avoid ableist language (ref), (ref)
    • not normal → common, typical, frequent (ref)
    • not Crazy, nuts, spaz, insane → bizarre, enormous, unfamiliar (ref)
    • not Sanity Check → confidence check, temperature check (ref)
    • not Moron, idiot → TBD (ref)
    • not Dumb, stupid → unreasonable, odd (ref)
    • not Derpy → ridiculous, foolish, silly (ref)
    • not R_tard*, *tard → refrain from use (ref)
    • not Lame, crippled → disabled (ref)
    • not Psychopath, lunatic, maniac → refrain from use (ref)
    • not Junkie → aficionado, fiend, enthusiast (ref)
    • not Midget → Use the person's name, short person (ref)
  • Have you used medical diagnoses when not talking about actual medical things? (medical appropriation)
    • not Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) → conscientious, meticulous, thorough (ref)
    • not Bipolar → unpredictable, flippant (ref)
    • not Tone deaf → insensitive, in bad taste (ref)

Race Inclusion

  • Ensure capitalization of "Black" (ref)
  • Avoid racial appropriation (ref coming soon)
    • Refrain from digital Blackface (ref)
  • Avoid racially offensive terms and phrases
    • not Grandfathering → legacy, historical (ref)
    • not blacklist / whitelist → block/allow, deny/trust, exclude/include (ref)
    • not Master / slave → primary/replica, trunk/branch, parent/child (ref)
    • not Colorblind, "I don't see color" → refrain from use (ref)
    • not Savage, barbaric → cruel, cold-blooded (ref), (ref)

Ethnic Inclusion

  • Ensure you have used Latina and Hispanic correctly (ref)

Age inclusion

Make People Feel Welcome

  • Warn before discussion/images of triggering/traumatic topics (ref coming soon)
  • Avoid using words that make things sound easy (eg simple, just, straightforward, etc). Instead, qualify the difficulty: "This may be easy if you already know [this thing]." (ref coming soon)
  • State required knowledge up front. (eg "We're assuming your familiar with concepts a, b, and c") (ref coming soon)
    • If concept knowledge is assumed, offer a place to learn those concepts
    • Did you include anything beyond basic math (+ - * / )? If so, mention that there is a specific math prerequisite
  • Explain things in ways it will be realatable to as many people as possible
  • Give things descriptive names. Avoid x, foo, bar, baz etc (ref coming soon)
    • Where single letter variable names are common practice (eg i, k, v etc), explain what they stand for
  • Did you say something is simplified? Demonstrate what was simplified (ref coming soon)
  • not normal → common, typical, frequent (ref)

For In person Events

  • Discuss Code of Conduct (CoC) on event pages and in opening announcements (ref coming soon)
    • Include event organizer or CoC team contact info if harassment takes place (ref coming soon)
  • Have "no photos" stickers available at badge pickup (ref coming soon)
  • Have pronoun stickers available at badge pickup (ref coming soon)
  • Avoid sexually explicit branding and humor (ref coming soon)
  • Designated sensory-friendly quiet space (ref coming soon)
  • alcohol should never be the main part of the social hour (ref coming soon)
  • Warn before discussion/images of triggering/traumatic topics AND allow people to leave (ref coming soon)

Accessibility (a11y) is a right

Accessibility is a right. Yes, literally it is the law in some countries. Many of these items will be guided by: Web Accessibility Laws & Policies

Saftey

Percievable

People should be able see and read even with impaired vision

  • Images have Alternative Text (ref)
  • Tested with Screen Reader (test here) (ref)
  • AA or AAA level color contrast ratios (test here)
  • Avoid "fancy lettering" and odd capitalisation (ref)
  • Include transcripts for audio content (ref coming soon)
  • Include subtitles for video content (ref coming soon)
  • Don't rely on bold/italics/strikethrough to convey meaning (ref)
  • Use rem and em instead of px (ref)

Operable

Organized

Arranged in a way that makes sense and use language that most people understand