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.
Most users don't edit. Most users who do edit won't care what the feature is called. Nobody cares. And I think you're a pretty smart guy who already realizes this, so I'm curious why there seems to be deliberate smoke-throwing here.
Please, focus on the important issues and tell whoever is suggesting that this is one of them to stop erecting pseudo-hurdles that only further delay deployment.
MZMcBride