Difference between revisions of "Consistency in naming"

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In creating user documentation and site copy, we want to ensure that we have consistent naming, rather than calling things one thing in one place, and something else in another. Here are things that could potentially have multiple names, where we need to pick just one and stick to it.

Please add to this page with any other things you can think of where we need to stick to just one name.

Userpics/icons

I'm not sure which of these is in more widespread use. I think I see "icons" more, but I don't really pay much attention to the things so I'm not a good judge. What do people think?

I think that Userpics is a LJ Support-based thing. Icons, I feel, has a wider usage. John 22:47, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Syndicated accounts/feeds

I'd propose using feeds where possible, and "feed account" where we need to differentiate between the account that gets created on site, and the actual source RSS/atom feed.

+1. John 22:47, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Archive/Calendar

Voice Post/Phone Post

Won't be an issue when the site launches, since we won't have it (I believe), but we may as well figure out what we're going to call it when/if we do.

I vote for Phone Post, only because that then leaves open the possibility of a record-straight-to-post function in the event that technology mashes together once everybody and their dog has a mike on their computer. John 22:47, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Profile/User Info

I think I like profile best. --Foxfirefey 22:21, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Ditto. If it hadn't started life as userinfo.bml then I'd never think of it as the userinfo page. John 22:47, 11 January 2009 (UTC) Calling it profile might also make it more consistent with other blogging platforms and therefore easier to navigate? --Forthwritten 23:17, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Friends Group/Filter

Help/Support?

Maybe not an actual one, but "Help" links to the Support area.

I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with that. John 22:47, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Layout/Style/Theme

These do refer to different things, but people have a hard time keeping track.

Post/Update/Entry

Entry vs. post -- entry is the verb, post is the noun. Thus, should not use update. Update.bml should probably be renamed.

Maintainer/Moderator

Different things, but the words are often used interchangeably.

I think this terminology will also depend on whether we add an additonal control layer to communities, which was being talked about some time ago. John 22:47, 11 January 2009 (UTC)