Il 07/04/2015 04:05, Szymon Grabarczuk ha scritto:
On 7 April 2015 at 02:47, Ricordisamoa <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
If it is never mentioned, how could they hear of it?
Or are they supposed to ignore even the name of the software they use?
@Ricordisamoa yes, an average, ordinary user is supposed, maybe even
'meant' not to know pre-RTM names of software he/she uses (code names?
correct me if I'm wrong, if 'Flow' is the final name).
With dozens of documentation pages at mediawiki.org, Meta-Wiki and
Wikipedias, a name change seems unlikely.
All proper names, all names that require explanation and thus can be
confusing, are taboo. 'Don't use jargon' is a basic rule. For example,
if I wrote to a newbie (or a non-tech/occasional user) 'look at your
Echo', he wouldn't grab it, no way. Of course, from long-term pov,
'new system' isn't good enough, because some day, it won't be actually
'new'. But it's descriptive and for the time being, for weekly news,
it's optimal.
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*Szymon Grabarczuk*
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Head of Research & Development Group, Wikimedia Polska
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