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Meta What should the "webmasters" site name and url be?

I have personally never been all that keen on the term 'Webmaster' for 2 reasons: It implies a certain level of competency that has already been attained rather than talking of levels of knowled...

posted 1y ago by andrew.46‭ · edited 1y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

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Stephen Ostermiller‭ · 2023-06-16T13:38:31Z (over 1 year ago)
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I have personally never been all that keen on the term 'Webmaster' for 2 reasons:
1. It implies a certain level of competency that has _already been attained_ rather than talking of levels of knowledge that are gained over time. Thus I believe the term is off putting for those who do not feel themselves as 'master' level.
2. The term is laden with a gender stereotype (male) which is very much out of touch with modern times.
My personal preference is 'Web Developers'. This does not claim any form of _mastery_ and does not come with any _gender stereotyping_ while also loosely encompassing all of the areas of interest to this section of Codidact.
~~Arguable of course but there is my 5 cents worth...~~

I have personally never been all that keen on the term 'Webmaster' for 2 reasons:
1. It implies a certain level of competency that has _already been attained_ rather than talking of levels of knowledge that are gained over time. Thus I believe the term is off putting for those who do not feel themselves as 'master' level.
2. The term is laden with a gender stereotype (male) which is very much out of touch with modern times.
My personal preference is **Web Developers**. This does not claim any form of _mastery_ and does not come with any _gender stereotyping_ while also loosely encompassing all of the areas of interest to this section of Codidact.

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andrew.46‭ · 2023-06-16T03:41:28Z (over 1 year ago)

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I have personally never been all that keen on the term 'Webmaster' for 2 reasons:

 1. It implies a certain level of competency that has _already been attained_ rather than talking of levels of knowledge that are gained over time. Thus I believe the term is off putting for those who do not feel themselves as 'master' level.
 2. The term is laden with a gender stereotype (male) which is very much out of touch with modern times.

My personal preference is 'Web Developers'. This does not claim any form of _mastery_ and does not come with any _gender stereotyping_ while also loosely encompassing all of the areas of interest to this section of Codidact.

Arguable of course but there is my 5 cents worth...

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