[Ubuntu-l10n-eng] [Bug 406626] Re: Deleted Items Folder inconsistently named in en_GB localization

[Ryan Hoover]

Bryant,

It was sent to the Docs team in general -- not you specifically.  I'm new
also and was just as confused when I first got the email :)

On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Bryant Lippert
<bryant.lippert at gmail.com>wrote:

> Vish,
>
> I'm new to the Ubuntu Docs group. I was just assigned this new task with
> you
> guys, but I'm not sure how to get this started, or where to log in. I was
> trying to find someone under the Ubuntu mentoring program. Any information
> you could off I would appreciate!
>
> - Bryant
>
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Vish <vishubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > @Phil , I had emailed Martin Meredith, a couple of weeks ago, to take a
> > decision on this bug.
> > But haven't heard back from him yet.
> >
> > There seems to be no consensus on this. Let's just pick one and get this
> > fixed for Maverick :-)
> >
> > Assigning to docs team as per Phil's suggestion
> >
> > ** Changed in: ubuntu
> >   Importance: Undecided => Low
> >
> > --
> > Deleted Items Folder inconsistently named in en_GB localization
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406626
> > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
> > Documentation Project Team, which is a bug assignee.
> >
> > Status in GNOME Common Scripts: Unknown
> > Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Triaged
> > Status in Ubuntu: Triaged
> >
> > Bug description:
> > The deleted items folder is inconsistently named and is referred to as
> both
> > Wastebasket and Deleted items, Ubuntu offers to 'Empty Deleted Items' but
> > the window is headed Wastebasket. The URL to deleted items is also
> trash:///
> > in nautilus but this is possibly a seperate issue. An effect of this can
> be
> > seen in #115661 also.
> >
> > This could confuse new users and it should be a simple enough fix simply
> > changing strings, so I believe it is a papercut.
> >
> > -----
> > Quoting MPT , see comment #15 for more details:
> > "trash" is, in UK English, far and away more common than "rubbish bin",
> > "wastebin", or "wastebasket".
> > -----
> > (The accuracy of this statement is questioned, see comment #28 onwards
> and
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EnglishTranslation/WordSubstitution given in
> > comment #8.)
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Deleted Items Folder inconsistently named in en_GB localization
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406626
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
> Documentation Project Team, which is a bug assignee.
>
> Status in GNOME Common Scripts: Unknown
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Triaged
> Status in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> The deleted items folder is inconsistently named and is referred to as both
> Wastebasket and Deleted items, Ubuntu offers to 'Empty Deleted Items' but
> the window is headed Wastebasket. The URL to deleted items is also trash:///
> in nautilus but this is possibly a seperate issue. An effect of this can be
> seen in #115661 also.
>
> This could confuse new users and it should be a simple enough fix simply
> changing strings, so I believe it is a papercut.
>
> -----
> Quoting MPT , see comment #15 for more details:
> "trash" is, in UK English, far and away more common than "rubbish bin",
> "wastebin", or "wastebasket".
> -----
> (The accuracy of this statement is questioned, see comment #28 onwards and
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EnglishTranslation/WordSubstitution given in
> comment #8.)
>
>
>
>

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Deleted Items Folder inconsistently named in en_GB localization
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406626
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
English (United Kingdom) Translators, which is a bug assignee.