PHP: Gender\Gender - Manual (www.php.net)

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[-] thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 month ago

Slightly less stupid than the list of constants would imply.

[-] T156@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Only slightly though. It hardly seems practical to try and infer gender from names, in a way where it can't be obtained through historical records, or the user.

[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

For a given individual, sure. If you're trying to do some statistics over a whole group that you have no other record for, it could be useful.

[-] bss03@infosec.pub -1 points 1 month ago

Sounds like those statistics output would the heavily biased by whatever process you were using to turn names into genders. In short, a bad idea.

[-] TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

"Since the dataset isn't 100% perfectly annotated for analysis, we should give up the whole project entirely."

[-] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No, since the dataset is bound to give nonsensical results, we search for sources that are more precise. Hint: "Andrea" already mentioned and Japanese names