[Foundation-l] Renaming "Flagged Protections"

[William Pietri]

On 05/24/2010 08:31 AM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>   We could use a name which expresses_nothing_
> about what is going on, thus making it clear that you can't figure it
> out simply from the name.
>    

That did cross my mind, and it was tempting. But practically, many busy 
journalists, causal readers, and novice editors may base a lot of their 
initial reaction on the name alone, or on related language in the 
interface. By choosing an arbitrary name, some fraction of people will 
dig deeper, but another fraction will just retain their perplexity 
and/or alienation.

Basically, an arbitrary name struck me as a wasted opportunity to convey 
at least a hint to a lot of people, so I didn't even suggest any names 
like this.

William