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Siebrand Mazeland wrote:
If you check MessagesEn.php you will find that
Administrator(s) and Sysop(s)
are both used. In r45154 I (arbitrarily) changed the remaining [Ss]ysop(s)
to [Aa]dministrators. In hindsight most probably because "sysop" is either
archaic, or MediaWiki specific, while "administrator" is a more known term
for someone with administrative rights in a piece of software.
In r45249 brion reverted this change with the comment "Let's not go changing
core terminology around without making sure there's general agreement".
A few observations/opinions:
(a) general agreement is impossible (and agreement among whom? Developers,
users, those that read this mailing list, ...)
:)
At a minimum, a major terminology change such as these really ought to
be pre-announced. Making sure that there's general interest in it before
changing all the translations and the various UI elements that it
affects also seems wise.
- -- brion
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