On May 21, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@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