[Foundation-l] Renaming "Flagged Protections"

[James Alexander]

Aye I personally think "edit" is much simpler for people then "revision"
which I think will confuse more people, especially English learners/2nd
language (COI notice: Simple English Wikipedia). When I made the argument on
the discussion page most people were against it because they felt people
would see "edit" as meaning every little change they did (so there were lots
of edits in each revision) but I still think that most would consider an
edit==revision.

James Alexander
james.alexander at rochester.edu
jamesofur at gmail.com


On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 4:41 AM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk at googlemail.com>wrote:

> Indeed "revision" and "review" makes the impression that much more is
> done than actually is. (Revision = not only a check, but also
> alterations, it sounds to me.) I am afraid that is the problem with
> pretty much of all the expressions that have been put in forum.
>
> In German Wikipedia, our word "gesichtet" is a little bit strange.
> "Sichten" is like spotting a rare animal in the wilderness.
>
> Actually, the subject we should talk about is not an article or a
> "revision", but the version that has been changed by an edit.
>
> Kind regards
> Ziko
>
>
> 2010/5/24 Michael Peel <email at mikepeel.net>:
> >
> > On 24 May 2010, at 07:57, Erik Zachte wrote:
> >
> >> Revision Review is my favorite. It seems more neutral, also less 'heavy'
> in
> >> connotations than Double Check.
> >
> >> Also Review is clearly a term for a process, unlike Revisions.
> >
> > The downside is that 'Review' could be linked to an editorial review, and
> hence people might expect to get feedback on their revision rather than a
> simple 'yes/no'. I'd also personally link the name more to paid reviewing
> than volunteer checking.
> >
> > Combining the two, and removing the potential bad bits (i.e. "double" and
> "review") how about "Checked Revisions"?
> >
> > Mike Peel
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