[Foundation-l] Renaming "Flagged Protections"

[Philippe Beaudette]

On May 21, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On 22 May 2010 01:54, MZMcBride <z at 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