On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 12:11 AM, quiddity
<pandiculation(a)gmail.com> wrote:
"Last edited 10 months ago, by one of 245
editors"
While I don't think "last edited" is particularly useful and I prefer to
focus on simplicity and what really matters, I don't have a strong opinion
either.
However, I do have a strong opinion about trying the use of "volunteers"
rather than "editors". While for us wikimedians "an editor" sounds
almost as
familiar as a friend, for a big percentage of our readers, an editor sounds
like a literary or newspaper editor, like someone almost professional and
erudite, "not like me". "Volunteer" is an accurate and actually more
descriptive term, which sounds a lot closer (and should I say human?), and
sounds "like me" for an interesting portion of our readers.
I meant to add in my previous message, I do like your tweak of saying
"volunteers".
I was primarily just copying my old message, to note that it had been
suggested before - I'm not attached to any particular wording or
ordering, but I do strongly agree with moving away from "naming a
particular person" (for rationales detailed onwiki).