Reference to third person in one phrase should be consistent in class-wp-customize-manager.php

[tobifjellner]

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php>
Contains (from https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41839/ )

The following phrase:

%s is already customizing this site. Please wait until they are done to try customizing. Your latest changes have been autosaved.

I suggest changing to:
%s is already customizing this site. Please wait until the other person is ready before you try customizing. Your latest changes have been autosaved.

Current code snippet for reference:

<?php
/* translators: %s: User who is customizing the changeset in customizer. */
printf( __( '%s is already customizing this site. Please wait until they are done to try customizing. Your latest changes have been autosaved.' ), '{{ data.lockUser.name }}' );
?>

[ocean90]

Why would this be consistent? "They" is used to avoid specifying the gender of the person.

[danieltj]

Updated translation string

[danieltj]

I've added a patch in which alters the wording in that second sentence. Even forgetting about consistency for a moment, please wait until they are done seems like it could be improved. I've proposed the following change in 42192.diff.

%s is already customizing this site. Please wait until the other person is finished before you start customizing. Your latest changes have been autosaved.

[swissspidy]

See ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they for an explanation of this form.

[westonruter]

As a native english speaker, using “they“ here is natural. Switching this to “the other person” sounds a bit out of line with the “howdyness” of WordPress. Clearly other languages will need to translate “they” according to their own grammar rules.