[WikiEN-l] Renaming "Flagged Protections"

[FT2]

Might help to sum up what exactly it does or how it's used (2-4 bullet
points) so that people trying to pick a name to match its features but
haven't followed the lengthy debate, are up to date on it.

FT2




On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Rob Lanphier <robla at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> As William alluded to, a bunch of us have been studying the user interface
> for Flagged Protections and figuring out how to make it more intuitive.
>
> 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.
>
> So, we would like to make a change to the name of the "Flagged Protections"
> feature prior to deploying it to en.wikipedia.org. Under the hood, we
> would
> still be using the "FlaggedRevs" extension (no change there), but the name
> that we talk about in the user-visible portions of the site and
> documentation would be something new.
>
> Here were some criteria we're using to find a name:
>
>   - Must not introduce obsolete terminology (e.g. there's no "flagging" in
>   our proposed deployment)
>   - Terminology should be consistent with terms we want to use in the user
>   interface
>   - Must not make too strong of a statement of quality/consensus or terms
>   that make us out as publishers approving content from the mountaintop
>   - Should not imply we're creating an elite new classes of users
>   - Should not convey a strong sense of restriction. The feature, as
>   proposed for the trial [1], is less restrictive than semi-protection
>   - Should not be too geeky/too technical/too jargony
>   - Should not be too slick/too cutesy. We're not doing this in the name of
>   creating glossy brochures with pictures of a conference room full of
> people
>   in formal business attire nodding with approval at a projection of a pie
>   chart - we just want a name that won't be confusing.
>
> It turns out that filters out quite a few names (including "Flagged
> Protection" among other things). Here's the alternatives that made the cut:
>
>   - "Pending Revisions" - this name is very consistent with what everyone
>   will see in many parts of the user interface, and what it will be used
> for
>   (i.e. providing a queue of pending revisions)
>   - "Double Check" - this was a late entrant, but has the distinct
>   advantage of clearly communicating what we envision this feature will be
>   used for (i.e. enforcing a double check from a very broad community).
>
> A protracted debate on the name will likely delay the eventual launch on
> the
> feature, so we're hoping we can have a quick, respectful discussion on the
> merits of the different proposals so that we can make the change quickly
> and
> move on. We really need to have a name fully locked down no later than
> Friday, May 28. Please let us know your thoughts here:
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Flagged_protection_and_patrolled_revisions/Terminology
>
> We're in the process of working on a lot of terminology tweaks in the user
> interface in anticipation of the launch. If you're interested in that
> detail
> work, I'll post more information about that on wikitech-l (hopefully by
> end-of-day Monday), as well as on the talk page above.
>
> Rob
>
> [1] - See the proposed configuration for trial phase:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Flagged_protection_and_patrolled_revisions/Trial
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