Il 07/04/2015 04:05, Szymon Grabarczuk ha scritto:
On 7 April 2015 at 02:47, Ricordisamoa <ricordisamoa@openmailbox.org> wrote:

If it is never mentioned, how could they hear of it?
Or are they supposed to ignore even the name of the software they use?

@Ricordisamoa yes, an average, ordinary user is supposed, maybe even 'meant' not to know pre-RTM names of software he/she uses (code names? correct me if I'm wrong, if 'Flow' is the final name).

With dozens of documentation pages at mediawiki.org, Meta-Wiki and Wikipedias, a name change seems unlikely.

All proper names, all names that require explanation and thus can be confusing, are taboo. 'Don't use jargon' is a basic rule. For example, if I wrote to a newbie (or a non-tech/occasional user) 'look at your Echo', he wouldn't grab it, no way. Of course, from long-term pov, 'new system' isn't good enough, because some day, it won't be actually 'new'. But it's descriptive and for the time being, for weekly news, it's optimal.

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Szymon Grabarczuk

Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU
Head of Research & Development Group, Wikimedia Polska
 


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