[Bug 45287] Renaming of the Wastebasket

arp netstar at gatheringofgray.com
Wed May 17 17:50:13 UTC 2006


Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: nautilus

This is not a major issue, yet I feel it reflects greatly on the
professional presentation of Ubuntu (Dapper).

My Wastebasket (GNOME) has been magically renamed to "Garbage Bin".  Now
I know I could change this manually, but I feel strongly that this
default naming is poor for various reasons:

Firstly, "Garbage" is slang.  Secondly, "Wastebasket" is an intelligent
choice; unique and still makes sense.  Thirdly, "Garbage Bin" not only
sounds wrong, it looks wrong.  Finally, "garbage" is a colloquial term
used mainly in North America and this new name does not work well in
other English speaking nations.  Wastebasket seems internationally
acceptable.  I urge you to reconsider your recent changes.  If I am
doing something wrong please inform me.

** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Renaming of the Wastebasket
https://launchpad.net/bugs/45287




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