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Bug 311844 - stock_person icon is gender specific
stock_person icon is gender specific
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: adwaita-icon-theme
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.12.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Jakub Steiner
Jakub Steiner
: 309998 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-07-28 10:25 UTC by Gavin Brown
Modified: 2006-01-13 20:06 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.11/2.12


Description Gavin Brown 2005-07-28 10:25:37 UTC 
The stock_person icon in gnome-icon-theme is male. If I want to present a
"default" icon to represent an individual: for example, an entry in an
addressbook, or icon in a buddy list - it should be genderless. A silhouette or
abstract representation (like that used extensively in BeOS) would be better.
And it probably should also not assume a skin colour.
Comment 1 Jakub Steiner 2005-07-28 11:05:05 UTC 
Making it asexual is probably doable, but going away from skin color is making
it hard to associate with a person. 

Can you provide links to a screenshot of the BeOS version perhaps?
Comment 2 Gavin Brown 2005-07-28 11:07:58 UTC 
There are some icons on this page: http://www.bebits.com/browse/134

Cheers.
Comment 3 Teppo Turtiainen 2005-07-28 18:12:10 UTC 
*** Bug 309998 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Teppo Turtiainen 2005-07-28 18:14:59 UTC 
Confirming this because of the duplicate.
Comment 5 Sebastien Bacher 2005-10-18 13:16:06 UTC 
The ubuntu bugzilla has a bug about that:
http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18029
Comment 6 Jakub Steiner 2006-01-13 20:06:37 UTC 
2006-01-13  Jakub Steiner <jimmac@ximian.com>

	* 16x16/stock/generic/stock_person.xcf.bz2:
	* 16x16/stock/generic/stock_person.png:
	* 24x24/stock/generic/stock_person.xcf.bz2:
	* 24x24/stock/generic/stock_person.png: 
	* scalable/stock/generic/stock_person.svg: An abstract figure 
		to avoid bug #311844