[Ubuntu-l10n-eng] Voting has closed. We have a winner! [WAS: Wastebasket/Deleted Items]

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

On Saturday 02 September 2006 15:09, Sridhar Dhanapalan 
<sridhar at dhanapalan.com> wrote:
> Voting has closed on our Trash nomenclature poll. You can see the results
> here:
>
>   https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-l10n-en-gb/+poll/trash-naming
>
> The results are clear, with 78% voting for "Deleted Items Folder":
>
>   Deleted Items Folder    14
>   Garbage Bin              0
>   Rubbish Bin              0
>   Wastebasket (current)    4
>
> The timing could not have been better: Edgy translations are now officially
> open. Unfortunately, we will have to go through the laborious task of
> inspecting previously-translated packages and substituting all mentions
> of 'Wastebasket' with "Deleted Items' or 'Deleted Items folder', as
> appropriate. This will take time, and with Edgy just over a month away, we
> need to get cracking. I would prefer not to have my Edgy desktop filled
> with a mish-mash of references to Trash, Wastebasket and Deleted Items.
>
> In other words, please focus on the Trash/Wastebasket to Deleted Items
> (folder) migration above all else.
>
> Dapper will remain as-is: we will be keep using 'Wastebasket' there.

Malcolm, would it possible to have your Greasemonkey script 
suggest "Wastebasket" for Dapper and "Deleted Items"/"Deleted Items folder" 
for Edgy and beyond? Might there be a better way of going about doing this?

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