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Message names are wikipedia-specific (e.g. fromwikipedia)
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Author: timwi

Description:
BUG MIGRATED FROM SOURCEFORGE
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=922210&group_id=34373&atid=411192
Originally submitted by Daniel Keshet (dkesh) 2004-03-24 06:18

Trivial error, but important for widespread mediawiki adoption
mediawiki messages like those currently at fromwikipedia and
aboutwikipedia should have site-neutral names like "tagline" and
"about_site".

This is especially true for "fromwikipedia" as I hoped to use that
name for a custom message: ''This article was originally a
wikipedia article'', but it's true for both: editors of my site
shouldn't be confused about whether they're editing at wikipedia or
my site.

  • Additional comments ------------------------

Date: 2004-06-22 14:17
Sender: SF user imsop

lt was pointed out on the mailing list
(http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2004-June/000572
.html)
that everywhere we use the string "Wikipedia" we are
reinforcing the incorrect idea that this is a generic term,
rather than a trademark specific to wikipedia.org - possibly
making this bug a little more important.


Version: 1.4.x
Severity: normal

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timwi wrote:

I have changed all occurrences of "fromwikipedia" to "tagline", and all
occurrences of "aboutwikipedia" to "aboutsite". If there are any others, please
reopen this bug and let me know.