letter.cls
documentation contains offensive term
#1439
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fixed in dev
Fixed in development branch, not in stable release
This is a request for documentation enhancement only, and does not refer to any functionality.
Issue
One of the examples in the
letter.cls
documentation (line 843 ofletter.dtx
) contains a placeholder name for an institution. The name is a play on the real-life Institute for Advanced Study. It uses an antonym for advanced, which was, at one time, the accepted medical term for people with intellectual disabilities. Today the term is most often considered offensive, and the word itself is frequently avoided.Proposed Solution
Change the placeholder name to something like Institute for Trivial Study, Institute for Rudimentary Study, Institute for Antediluvian Study, or any other term that maintains the original intent (to spoof on IAS) but avoids this outdated usage.
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