git: 6729b16b7b - main - vale/styles: Remove Weasel rule

From: Muhammad Moinur Rahman <bofh_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 14:09:56 UTC
The branch main has been updated by bofh:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=6729b16b7ba504e7ae967333153472632d9b2c1c

commit 6729b16b7ba504e7ae967333153472632d9b2c1c
Author:     Muhammad Moinur Rahman <bofh@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-05-11 14:07:49 +0000
Commit:     Muhammad Moinur Rahman <bofh@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-05-11 14:09:44 +0000

    vale/styles: Remove Weasel rule
    
    After some careful consideration and thoughts the Weasel rule is being
    removed because currently there are 18805 suggestions which will be
    really time consuming to fix as rewording the sentences from weasel
    words are a bit complicated.
    
    Approved by:    bcr (mentor)
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D40063
---
 .vale.ini                                          |   1 -
 .vale/styles/FreeBSD/Weasel.yml                    | 206 ---------------------
 .../en/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/_index.adoc  |   7 -
 3 files changed, 214 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.vale.ini b/.vale.ini
index 2ce1390bf8..e7657b17a3 100644
--- a/.vale.ini
+++ b/.vale.ini
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ FreeBSD.Pronouns = NO
 FreeBSD.SuperfluousOptArgInLinks = NO
 FreeBSD.SemanticLineBreak = NO
 FreeBSD.Spacing = NO
-FreeBSD.Weasel = NO
 Vale.Avoid= NO
 Vale.Repetition = NO
 Vale.Spelling = NO
diff --git a/.vale/styles/FreeBSD/Weasel.yml b/.vale/styles/FreeBSD/Weasel.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 12b74d76ef..0000000000
--- a/.vale/styles/FreeBSD/Weasel.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,206 +0,0 @@
----
-extends: existence
-message: "'%s' is a weasel word!"
-ignorecase: true
-level: suggestion
-tokens:
-  - absolutely
-  - accidentally
-  - additionally
-  - allegedly
-  - alternatively
-  - angrily
-  - anxiously
-  - approximately
-  - awkwardly
-  - badly
-  - barely
-  - beautifully
-  - blindly
-  - boldly
-  - bravely
-  - brightly
-  - briskly
-  - bristly
-  - bubbly
-  - busily
-  - calmly
-  - carefully
-  - carelessly
-  - cautiously
-  - cheerfully
-  - clearly
-  - closely
-  - coldly
-  - completely
-  - consequently
-  - correctly
-  - courageously
-  - crinkly
-  - cruelly
-  - crumbly
-  - cuddly
-  - currently
-  - daily
-  - daringly
-  - deadly
-  - definitely
-  - deliberately
-  - doubtfully
-  - dumbly
-  - eagerly
-  - early
-  - easily
-  - elegantly
-  - enormously
-  - enthusiastically
-  - equally
-  - especially
-  - eventually
-  - exactly
-  - exceedingly
-  - exclusively
-  - extremely
-  - fairly
-  - faithfully
-  - fatally
-  - fiercely
-  - finally
-  - fondly
-  - few
-  - foolishly
-  - fortunately
-  - frankly
-  - frantically
-  - generously
-  - gently
-  - giggly
-  - gladly
-  - gracefully
-  - greedily
-  - happily
-  - hardly
-  - hastily
-  - healthily
-  - heartily
-  - helpfully
-  - honestly
-  - hourly
-  - hungrily
-  - hurriedly
-  - immediately
-  - impatiently
-  - inadequately
-  - ingeniously
-  - innocently
-  - inquisitively
-  - interestingly
-  - irritably
-  - jiggly
-  - joyously
-  - justly
-  - kindly
-  - largely
-  - lately
-  - lazily
-  - likely
-  - literally
-  - lonely
-  - loosely
-  - loudly
-  - loudly
-  - luckily
-  - madly
-  - many
-  - mentally
-  - mildly
-  - mortally
-  - mostly
-  - mysteriously
-  - neatly
-  - nervously
-  - nightly
-  - noisily
-  - normally
-  - obediently
-  - occasionally
-  - only
-  - openly
-  - painfully
-  - particularly
-  - patiently
-  - perfectly
-  - politely
-  - poorly
-  - powerfully
-  - presumably
-  - previously
-  - promptly
-  - punctually
-  - quickly
-  - quietly
-  - rapidly
-  - rarely
-  - really
-  - recently
-  - recklessly
-  - regularly
-  - remarkably
-  - relatively
-  - reluctantly
-  - repeatedly
-  - rightfully
-  - roughly
-  - rudely
-  - sadly
-  - safely
-  - selfishly
-  - sensibly
-  - seriously
-  - sharply
-  - shortly
-  - shyly
-  - significantly
-  - silently
-  - simply
-  - sleepily
-  - slowly
-  - smartly
-  - smelly
-  - smoothly
-  - softly
-  - solemnly
-  - sparkly
-  - speedily
-  - stealthily
-  - sternly
-  - stupidly
-  - substantially
-  - successfully
-  - suddenly
-  - surprisingly
-  - suspiciously
-  - swiftly
-  - tenderly
-  - tensely
-  - thoughtfully
-  - tightly
-  - timely
-  - truthfully
-  - unexpectedly
-  - unfortunately
-  - usually
-  - very
-  - victoriously
-  - violently
-  - vivaciously
-  - warmly
-  - waverly
-  - weakly
-  - wearily
-  - weekly
-  - wildly
-  - wisely
-  - worldly
-  - wrinkly
-  - yearly
diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/_index.adoc
index 8d0161fb81..935025d090 100644
--- a/documentation/content/en/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/_index.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/_index.adoc
@@ -287,9 +287,6 @@ The following table describes the current rule names and their respective severi
 | FreeBSD.SuperfluousOptArgInLinks
 | suggestion
 
-| FreeBSD.Weasel
-| warning
-
 | Vale.Avoid
 | error
 
@@ -328,10 +325,6 @@ This rule proposes better wording.
 
 . FreeBSD.SuperfluousOptArgInLinks: Suggest to empty square brackets in `link:` macros when the displayed text coincides with the URL.
 
-. FreeBSD.Weasel: This rule is aimed at avoiding weasel words.
-The concept of weasel words is controversial so at the moment the list of words are being evaluated and the severity level is marked as warning only.
-If a frequently used word is marked as a weasel word it should be removed from [.filename]#.vale/styles/FreeBSD/Weasel.yml# in the `doc` repository.
-
 . Vale.Avoid: Enforces the *DO NOT USE* vocabulary terms for The FreeBSD Project.
 If any word is found that should not be n the documentation the word should be added to the [.filename]#.vale/styles/Vocab/Terms/reject.txt# in the `doc` repository.
 The list is empty at the moment.