On May 21, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 22 May 2010 01:54, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote:
>> Rob Lanphier wrote:
>>> In trying to solve the user interface problems as well as
>>> generally figuring
>>> out how we're going to talk about this feature to the world at
>>> large, it
>>> became clear that the name "Flagged Protections" doesn't
>>> adequately describe
>>> the technology as it looks to readers and editors. It's a tough
>>> name to work
>>> with. This iteration of the technology is very different from the
>>> German
>>> implementation, and there's no "flagging" in the proposed
>>> configuration.
>>> Additionally, "protection" in our world implies "no editing"
>>> whereas this
>>> feature actually opens up pages currently protected so that
>>> everyone can
>>> edit.
>>
>> Stop, take a deep breath, and look at the big picture: nobody cares.
>
> While that is true, making up names without any real thought is what
> has resulted in the mess we have now where most people have no idea
> what the differences are between Wikipedia, Wikimedia and MediaWiki,
> since the names are all so similar. I think taking a little bit of
> time to come up with a sensible name is a good idea.
>
I agree. Feature names ARE important. Unless you just want to call
it WP:MEANINGLESSACRONYM, which is truly not helpful.
Philippe
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