[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #25339: Make it clearer that category/tag slugs are optional

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#25339: Make it clearer that category/tag slugs are optional
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 Reporter:  smerriman    |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |    Version:  3.6.1
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
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 When creating a new category or tag (or any term) via the main
 category/tag management page, you are presented with four fields: Name,
 Slug, Parent, and Description.

 The field descriptions on this page make it clear that Parent is optional,
 and Description is not normally used.

 However, all it says about the Slug is:

   The “slug” is the URL-friendly version of the name. It is usually all
 lowercase and contains only letters, numbers, and hyphens.

 There is no sign that this is optional and automatically filled in for you
 if left blank, with something that is acceptable 99.9% of the time.

 Indeed, if you're creating a new category via the box on the Add New Post
 page, this field isn't even provided to fill in at all, implying that most
 people don't use it at all.

 Even the Wordpress help page -
 http://codex.wordpress.org/Manage_Categories_SubPanel - doesn't mention
 this; in case it provides an even stricter set of conditions, saying it
 *must* be unique.

 Could the wording be altered in some way to make it easier for beginners
 to realise that they don't need to be careful to type in a unique slug
 with certain conditions manually?

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