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Siebrand Mazeland wrote:
If you check MessagesEn.php you will find that Administrator(s) and Sysop(s) are both used. In r45154 I (arbitrarily) changed the remaining [Ss]ysop(s) to [Aa]dministrators. In hindsight most probably because "sysop" is either archaic, or MediaWiki specific, while "administrator" is a more known term for someone with administrative rights in a piece of software.
In r45249 brion reverted this change with the comment "Let's not go changing core terminology around without making sure there's general agreement".
A few observations/opinions: (a) general agreement is impossible (and agreement among whom? Developers, users, those that read this mailing list, ...)
:)
At a minimum, a major terminology change such as these really ought to be pre-announced. Making sure that there's general interest in it before changing all the translations and the various UI elements that it affects also seems wise.
- -- brion