Indeed it is only API documentation and the label of the user column on the administration view Special:GatherLists so it isn't something *widely* visible.
I'm fine with renaming it to whatever you guys feel is appropiate. I've created a phab task to track this on the current sprint, we can continue conversation there https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T94391 Thanks! On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:07 AM, Alex Monk <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm guessing it's one of these: > alex@alex-laptop:~/Development/MediaWiki/extensions/Gather (master)$ grep > -i owner i18n/en.json > "gather-lists-collection-owner": "Owner", > "apihelp-gather-param-owner": "Owner of the collections to search for. If > omitted, defaults to current user.", > alex@alex-laptop:~/Development/MediaWiki/extensions/Gather (master)$ grep > gather-lists-collection-owner includes/* -R > includes/specials/SpecialGatherLists.php: . Html::element( 'span', > array(), wfMessage( 'gather-lists-collection-owner' ) ) > So I'm guessing this is at > https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:GatherLists - the first column > shows as "Owner" in English. > It also shows up in the API. > > On 30 March 2015 at 05:53, Jon Katz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Amir, >> I want to help on this, but am not sure where this shows up. Can you >> refer us to where in the interface owner appears? >> Thanks, >> J >> >> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am translating Gather, and I feel very uncomfortable about the term >>> "Owner". >>> >>> It's challenging to translate, because in the languages I care about - >>> Hebrew and Russian - it requires gender. Now gender can be added without >>> too much technical effort, but there's still the general feeling of >>> discomfort - "owner" is a strong word in the Wikimedia world, which should >>> usually be avoided without a good reason. >>> >>> Was this word chosen intentionally, to show that lists are, in fact, >>> owned, and privately curated? >>> >>> Maybe it could be changed to something like "maintainer", "curator" or >>> something else? Or simply "User"? >>> >>> -- >>> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי >>> http://aharoni.wordpress.com >>> “We're living in pieces, >>> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mobile-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mobile-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > >
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