-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Siebrand Mazeland wrote: > If you check MessagesEn.php you will find that Administrator(s) and Sysop(s) > are both used. In r45154 I (arbitrarily) changed the remaining [Ss]ysop(s) > to [Aa]dministrators. In hindsight most probably because "sysop" is either > archaic, or MediaWiki specific, while "administrator" is a more known term > for someone with administrative rights in a piece of software. > > In r45249 brion reverted this change with the comment "Let's not go changing > core terminology around without making sure there's general agreement". > > A few observations/opinions: > (a) general agreement is impossible (and agreement among whom? Developers, > users, those that read this mailing list, ...)
:) At a minimum, a major terminology change such as these really ought to be pre-announced. Making sure that there's general interest in it before changing all the translations and the various UI elements that it affects also seems wise. - -- brion -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklb9GsACgkQwRnhpk1wk44KbQCfa13HnIOHjXTQhogXAewsqLI0 bXIAnjw+QMYFYQDQDATXTKxLKEe+t62C =MdMX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
