Agree with Vincent, and I'm actually -1 for changing it to "identifier". Internally, a document already has an identifier, the generated hash.
On 08/25/2015 11:53 AM, [email protected] wrote: > You do realize that changing “page name” to “identifier” means introducing a > new vocabulary and means > - changing lots of wiki pages on xwiki.org, > - changing APIs that will no longer be consistent, such as pageName in the > REST model, getPageName() in create.js, etc > - changing all places in the UI where we use “page name" > > That’s a *huge* work... > > ATM I’m -0 and very close to -1 to change the vocabulary since we already > have a lot to do with NS/ND. > > Thanks > -Vincent > > Hi, > > With the latest changes to the create UI [1] we`ve changed (mostly > following the agreed-ish proposal [2]) the old "Page Name" label in the > create UI to "Identifier" because we believed that having both "Page Title" > and "Page Name" on the same page would confuse users and they would not > know which one to use. > > Now, I`d like your quick vote on which one to stick with, since some might > consider that "Page Name" is better. > > One argument for page name (i.e. against "identifier") is that an > "identifier" is usually globally unique and in our case this is only true > within the same parent. Also, copying a document to a new location and > preserving its "identifier" can feel a bit odd to some, since they would > expect the need for a new "identifier". Feel free to express your other > arguments. > > Another argument for identifier besides the one already mentioned is that > it also better reflects its "technical" nature and should "discourage" > users from working with it and they should be using the document's title > instead of their needs (both in the create step and further along). > > Here's my +1 for "identifier". > > WDYT? > > Thanks, > Eduard > > ---------- > [1] http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-12231 > [2] > http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Proposal/NestedCreate/createTitle1.png > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
