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Good WorkManship in 2025

Sergio Fernandez

Should the term Good Workmanship in BS7671 and other BS (British Standards) be replaced by something like
Good working practice

After the wording has been agreed upon it could then percolate down to other publications like GN3 (Guidance Note 3)


As always please be polite and respectful in this purely academic debate.





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  • They seem to mean slightly different things to me.although both are subjective.where perhaps we mean to a high professional standard which aligns to BS7671.

  • in reply to Newfutile

    What I was trying to get to was the use of the word Man in workmanship in the same way that people would use the term man hour.  This does not feel like inclusive language.


    WorkManship
    WorkWomanship

  • in reply to Sergio Fernandez

    Do you mean as in male and female?  If so is the word man not also in woman ?

    Gary

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  • in reply to aligarjon

    In years gone by people would use the term Master and Slave when talking about computers HDDs (hard disks drives)

    While the terms "master" and "slave" are technically still used in contexts like older hard drive configurations, the technology industry is moving away from them due to their negative connotations
    . Many companies, including Microsoft and GitHub, have adopted more neutral terminology such as "primary/replica," "main," or "primary/secondary"

  • in reply to Sergio Fernandez

    Leader/Follower is one I've come across recently.

    One of the ?challenges/opportunities? is that the different alternative pairings each carry a subtly different connotation.

  • in reply to Sergio Fernandez
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    Eglash, R.: ‘Broken Metaphor: The Master-Slave Analogy in Technical Literature’ Technology and Culture, 2007, 48, (2), pp. 360–369.
    http://muse.jhu.edu/content/crossref/journals/technology_and_culture/v048/48.2eglash.html
    Our electrical clocks are somewhat to blame for that one.

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