-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 17:23:08 +0100 (BST) David Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Whilst guiding a potential list-owner through the approval/moderation > procedure, I spotted an inconsistency. A typical > "http://.../admindb/..."; page ("Administrative requests for mailing > list: ...") has a four way radio button, with one being labelled > "Accept". But its "More detailed instructions" link to "Detailed > instructions for the administrative database" then has this button > described under the label "Approve". > > This mixture of terminology seems to occur in other places also. You > might want to consider rationalising these to the same thing for the > sake of moderators who might be (say) secretarial staff. I agree, but which is the best term to use? Reading the dictionary entries for "approve" and "accept", I think I like the former: ap_prove 1. To consider right or good; think or speak favorably of. 2. To consent to officially or formally; confirm or sanction: The Senate approved the treaty. 3. Obsolete. To prove or attest. ac_cept 1. To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval: accepted a glass of water; accepted their contract. 2. To admit to a group, organization, or place: accepted me as a new member of the club. 3. 1. To regard as proper, usual, or right: Such customs are widely accepted. 2. To regard as true; believe in: Scientists have accepted the new theory. 3. To understand as having a specific meaning. 4. To endure resignedly or patiently: accept one's fate. 5. 1. To answer affirmatively: accept an invitation. 2. To agree to take (a duty or responsibility). 6. To be able to hold (something applied or inserted): This wood will not accept oil paints. 7. To receive officially: accept the committee's report. 8. To consent to pay, as by a signed agreement. 9. Medicine. To receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without immunological rejection. Seems to me that definition #2 of "approve" is the closest to what a list administrator does. - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBRIZM3nEjvBPtnXfVAQKjawP/TD9T+jWShYHuz8jhEQ2jMRNBS8i5Kl6j PXHICPW4a60QkuUPQMIhBHo9fNdDeU5zHSWA0+YBFT9g0q3PQ7//S2jDFsfEDf7M Nx0oeOWiMIWelUTA8zZVInmoheFfv6RMPXOZ7GE0+hnMZ2j1katxXzyLTXYwkS7r 35lYgye3Iqo= =cKGe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
