Change ableist language like "walk this way" to "go this way"

[jonfroehlich]

We are using a bit of ableist language here as pointed out by a user:

[misaugstad]

I agree with this. I think I had brought it up a couple years ago too? We decided not to change at the time, but I see no reason not to do it now.

[jonfroehlich]

Agree

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[misaugstad]

Oh and how do we feel about the term "take a step"?

[jonfroehlich]

Ugh. Right. Things start to break down here...

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[misaugstad]

Yeah that's a lot harder to replace... I'll keep thinking about it.

[misaugstad]

And like... "step" doesn't always mean a walking step, so I think it isn't as big of a deal. But in our context it does sooort of have a walking connotation

[misaugstad]

Some other ableist elements pointed out by Veronica from the Open Columbus Meetup group when she did a recent usability study:

1. Our tutorial uses the phrase "learn to walk"
2. There is this little footstep icon we use to indicate how much someone has audited in the neighborhood
   

And I think we just want to search our codebase for the word "walk".

[jonfroehlich]

Definitely. We could use a square (gray) B/W Project Sidewalk icon here, for example.

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[misaugstad]

Something like "let's take a step" could just be changed to "let's move forward" or "let's move down the street". I think most instances of "walk" can be replaced with either "go" or "move".

[misaugstad]

@jiamae could you search through our code base for words like "walk" and "step", list them all out here with screenshots, and provide suggested language changes for each? We might have to get a little creative with changes to the language for one or two of these, but this change is long overdue!

[jiamae]

I tried to look for as much as I could and though I don't have screenshots, I have a list of many areas where "walk" and "step" are used:

help.scala.html

42: "Walk along the streets and explore the neighborhood..."
Replace with: "Let's explore the neighborhood..."

182: "Sometimes while auditing... especially while walking straight..."
Replace with: "especially when going straight" (or moving straight)

232: "...labels do disappear after you take a step in the Google Street View"
Replace with: "after you move in the Google Street View

237: "similar to walking in the real world"
Replace with: "similar to exploring in the real world"

239: "once you take a step to a new location"
Replace with: "once you move to a new location"

labelingGuide.scala.html

148: "If you take a step and things change..."
Replace with: "If you move from one viewpoint to another and things change..."

audit.json

54: "Now let's learn how to walk."
Replace with: "Now let's learn how to explore."

55: "Now to figure out where to walk,"
Replace with: "Now to figure out where to go next,"

58: "You just moved one step down the street"
Replace with: "You just moved down the street"

64: "...if you get stuck while walking"
Replace with: "if you get stuck while exploring"

107: "Walk for ... "
Replace with: "Explore for ..."

166: "Walk straight"
Replace with: "Go straight"

179: "Let's take a step!"
Replace with: "Let's move forward!"

180: "...Walk in the direction..."
Replace with: "Move in the direction"

182: "As you walk, remember..."
Replace with: "As you move, remember..."

184: "After taking a step..."
Replace with: "After moving..."

[misaugstad]

Thank you, this is very thorough!! Below I have suggested modifications for some of the text you gave. Anything that I didn't reference I agree with your changes! 😁

42: "Walk along the streets and explore the neighborhood..."
Replace with: "Let's explore the neighborhood..."

I think this is a case where I'd like to say "Move along the streets and explore the neighborhood..."

182: "Sometimes while auditing... especially while walking straight..."
Replace with: "especially when going straight" (or moving straight)

Ooo and this reminds me. When editing this, the sentence after it says "Just double click on the street to move ahead and you are all set!". Please change that to "Just click on the Stuck button until you're in a good position!". It was a recent change we made, but the help page isn't a high traffic page so it was missed :)

232: "...labels do disappear after you take a step in the Google Street View"
Replace with: "after you move in the Google Street View

"after you move in Google Street View" (take out the "the", it should have never been there)

237: "similar to walking in the real world"
Replace with: "similar to exploring in the real world"

I think I like "similar to moving about in the real world" here 😁

148: "If you take a step and things change..."
Replace with: "If you move from one viewpoint to another and things change..."

"If you move from one image to another and things change..."

54: "Now let's learn how to walk."
Replace with: "Now let's learn how to explore."

"Now let's learn how to move."

107: "Walk for ... "
Replace with: "Explore for ..."

I'm actually not sure that this ever even gets used... Please remind me to look into this later, because we might be able to just delete it!

182: "As you walk, remember..."
Replace with: "As you move, remember..."

I think I prefer "As you explore" for this one!

184: "After taking a step..."
Replace with: "After moving..."

I think I'd go with "After you move..."