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Re:HN Office Hours by presto8 on Saturday November 27, 2010 @01:03AM (#1944416)
or, more neutrally: "myusername has not listed their skills."

This is incorrect grammar (the subject and pronoun should agree)! Something like "myusername's skills have not been listed" would be ok.

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Re:HN Office Hours by aphyr on Saturday November 27, 2010 @01:21AM (#1944438)
"Their" is totally a gender-neutral 3nd person singular now.
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Re:HN Office Hours by sesqu on Saturday November 27, 2010 @01:34AM (#1944456)
Now? It's been a gender-neutral 3rd person singular for hundreds of years.
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Re:HN Office Hours by cormullion on Saturday November 27, 2010 @05:04AM (#1944713)
More than you want to read about this:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?cat=27

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Re:HN Office Hours by jackowayed on Saturday November 27, 2010 @01:14AM (#1944428)
That's awkward passive voice. How about "myusername has not listed skills"?
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Re:HN Office Hours by trouble on Saturday November 27, 2010 @01:29AM (#1944446)
What about "myusername has not listed any skills."?
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Re:HN Office Hours by kaerast on Saturday November 27, 2010 @06:52AM (#1944817)
Or "myusername has no skills". That way you encourage people to add their skills.
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Re:HN Office Hours by chrisaycock on Saturday November 27, 2010 @03:26PM (#1945797)
Shorter: "myusername has no listed skills."
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Re:HN Office Hours by WingForward on Saturday November 27, 2010 @09:17PM (#1946450)
"myusername has listed no skills" sounds better to my ear.
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Re:HN Office Hours by prawn on Saturday November 27, 2010 @05:11PM (#1946014)
Doesn't cater for users who only have one skill to list. ;)
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