[Ubuntu-l10n-eng] Wastebasket/Deleted Items

[Toby Smithe]

On Sat, 2006-08-26 at 10:14 +0100, William Anderson wrote:
> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> > On Friday 25 August 2006 01:08, "Ben Goodger" <goodgerster at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 24/08/06, Sridhar Dhanapalan <sridhar at dhanapalan.com> wrote:
> >>> I do believe that we should move to Deleted Items once it is open,
> >>> though. What do people here think?
> >> We've established that the change is to happen
> > 
> > No, we have not officially established everything yet. As a means of doing 
> > that, I would like to learn the preferences of en_GB group members through a 
> > ballot. You can vote here:
> > 
> > https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-l10n-en-gb/+poll/trash-naming/+vote-simple
> 
> I voted for deleted-items-folder (why it's a secret poll, I don't know :)
> but I'd like to place a caveat that - and sorry if this is obvious - it
> should appear as "Deleted Items" on the desktop, and only require the
> "folder" descriptor when required by context.

I didn't vote for that, but I agree - and didn't think of your condition
of use. Now I can't change my vote because I've lost my code. Oops.

> I think in an en-GB context, this sounds most professional; wouldn't your
> skin crawl if you presented an enterprise-class operating system to someone,
> and it said "Rubbish" on the desktop? :)

Yeah. Rubbish is very "slangy". Do they have slang in America, or do
they not care if it says "Trash" all over the place?