Bug 39048 - Character string defaults to sexist emoticon
Summary: Character string defaults to sexist emoticon
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Patrons (show other bugs)
Version: 24.11
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low enhancement
Assignee: Bugs List
QA Contact: Testopia
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Reported: 2025-02-05 20:24 UTC by Aaron Sakovich
Modified: 2025-02-05 20:28 UTC (History)
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Claims button rendered with CSS. (3.87 KB, image/png)
2025-02-05 20:24 UTC, Aaron Sakovich
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Description Aaron Sakovich 2025-02-05 20:24:52 UTC
Created attachment 177555 [details]
Claims button rendered with CSS.

One of my staff drew my attention to the Patron Details page and the fineholdsissues toptabs bar this morning, post-24.11-upgrade. Still holding on to my memories of being a 20-something male in the USA, I quickly identified an old emoticon that I felt might be identified by some as sexist.

The fourth tab over is Claims, with a pair of numbers in parentheses. By default, if a patron has no claims and none outstanding, the tab renders as "(0 0)", which most males, teen or older, will tell you is an emoticon for female breasts. The CSS highlights the zeroes even more than text here renders.

I think that if we added a slash (/) between the numbers, and/or removed the parentheses, it would diffuse the pareidolia, while retaining the meaning.

Thanks for your consideration.
Comment 1 Aaron Sakovich 2025-02-05 20:28:45 UTC
One of my staff drew my attention to the Patron Details page and the fineholdsissues toptabs bar this morning, post-upgrade. Still holding on to my memories of being a 20-something male in the USA, I quickly identified an old emoticon that I felt might be identified by some as sexist.

The fourth tab over is Claims, with a pair of numbers in parentheses. By default, if a patron has no claims and none outstanding, the tab renders as "(0 0)", which most males, teen or older, will tell you is an emoticon for female breasts.

I think that if we added a slash (/) between the numbers, and/or removed the parentheses, it would diffuse the pareidolia, while retaining the meaning.