I don't believe we should aim at a completely meaningless name out of concern that some people may not get the finer details of what we try to convey.
If we make that a rule for all features yet to be named we will again have made our world a bit more impenetrable.
Remember how our 100+ acronyms are often cited as big hurdle for outsiders?
Revision Review (or any similar term) clearly signals this is a human process, which IMHO gets it 80% right already.
If Mediawiki had been named Mediawiki Engine, and Wikimedia had been named Wikimedia Organization, part of the current confusion for outsiders would already have gone.
They may not understand from the name what kind of engine, of what kind of organization, but they will have less trouble to tell these terms apart.
Erik Zachte
Erik Zachte erikzachte@infodisiac.com wrote:
Revision Review (or any similar term) clearly signals this is a human process, which IMHO gets it 80% right already.
Review of a "revision cue" or "edit cue" works. You are right, as both words "Flagged" and "Protections" convey an autocratic sense.
Note, on wikien-l, some are discussing what kind of "revert etiquette" that Revision Review (formerly Flagged Protections) should use. "Revert etiquette" seems inherently contradicted, though its at a good sign that people are mindful that Revision Review can and probably will be used in the wrong way.
-SC (crossposted to foundation-l and wikien-l)
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