add inclusive language overview section, link to our favorite draft rfc, fix typo

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# On handling rude comments in this repo specifically
If you see someone behaving in appropriately, do not feed their behavior. Tag @ethical-foss-admin instead. They will handle it.
If you see someone behaving inappropriately, do not feed their behavior. Tag @ethical-foss-admin instead. They will handle it.
In some cases, we may delete comments, issues, or PRs if they're encouraging an inappropriate atmosphere e.g. a popular maintainer has come in with an accusatory tone and is actively advertising their followers to come and spam the repo.
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This repo is specifically meant for identifying LLM usage in other projects, and coordinating on alternatives. You can also come here to ask others to please help you in chatting with another repo maintainer to sway them away from AI usage. But you need to do all of it *with kindness*. We have no interest in a rage feedback atmosphere here and won't tolerate it. Please consider your words before you hit send.
## Gender Neutral Language
## Inclusive Language
Please also keep your language inclusive. To learn more about why this matters, especially with regards to teminology such as "master" or "blacklist", please checkout this draft IETF RFC: [Terminology, Power, and Inclusive Language in Internet-Drafts and RFCs](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/id/draft-knodel-terminology.html).
### Gender Neutral Language
When referring to the people who work on this repo, please use gender neutral language unless you are referring to a specific person who you know the pronouns of. You should prefer to use "they/them/themself/themselves" if you do not know the pronouns of the person you're talking to/about. You can learn more about gender neutral language in the following resources: