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Consider replacing the word "entry"
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Discussed alternatives so far:

  • change
  • comment
  • edit
  • post
  • text

Patch-For-Review: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/TwoColConflict/+/623643

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Change 623643 had a related patch set uploaded (by Thiemo Kreuz (WMDE); owner: Bartosz Dziewoński):
[mediawiki/extensions/TwoColConflict@master] Change "entry" to "comment" in talk page conflict resolution

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/623643

thiemowmde set the point value for this task to 1.

Arguments so far:

  • "entry" is mentioned as being weird and distracting.
  • "change/edit" sound like another user's comment was changed/edited.
  • "text" sounds like an entire article was posted.

Which leaves "comment" or "post". @ECohen_WMDE?

Thanks for tagging me Thiemo. I don't have a strong opinion on this, I think either comment or post work. If one has more familiarity with the community that might be the more useful one, but I'll leave the decision up to @Lena_WMDE

Only in the project namespace:

In a selection of non-content namespaces that are typically used for discussions:

In these search results, "comment" is always the winner. But it's not much.

Change 623643 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/TwoColConflict@master] Change "entry" to "comment" in talk page conflict resolution

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/623643

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