[wp-hackers] Putting the P in WordPress

[eric at eamann.com]

+1 for community software polling and reacting to the opinion of the community.
 

On July 6, 2010 at 2:51 PM Mitch Canter <mitch at studionashvegas.com> wrote:

> The core argument here is whether or not people would be OK with their
> blogging software having the ability to edit content (even if it's
> just changing the spelling) without their permission.  Why not ask the
> community?  A poll, a blog post, anything could be done where you
> simply ask the question:
>
> Would you mind if WordPress put code in your software that would
> autocorrect the spelling of the word WordPress?
>
> Explain why (branding reasons, continuity) and have someone draft the
> cons (principle of editing content, etc) and ask the people.
> WordPress is all about the community, this list isn't a good sample of
> that community (because we're all much more technically savvy than a
> lot of the users).
>
> Ask the question, get the answer, act on it, and problem solved.
>
> ~Mitch
>
> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Gavin Pearce <Gavin.Pearce at 3seven9.com> wrote:
> >> I'm really not trying to be difficult! I just think this filter is a
> > terrible idea.
> > +1 :)
> >
> > _Ryan McCue
> >> If you're on this list, you should at least be able to do that.
> >
> > Yes I know! And various people have offered a patch to fix this bug, but
> > Matt/Core Team reckon it isn't open to discussion. That's what people
> > are getting so worked up about here ...
> >
> > The function is broke. It needs a fix commiting to core code. Like I
> > said before - end of topic as far as I'm concerned.
> >
> > _ mccormicky
> >> Isn't that true? So how can it change filenames? Anyway why are you
> > using uppercase for filenames? This is stupid!
> >
> > Don't know where to begin on this ....
> >
> > Firstly this filter does affect URI paths, it affects all/any content
> > put into the "editable" content area.
> >
> > Secondly, with the filter, it would now look for a file called
> > "filename-WordPress.jpg" - making it capitalised whereas before it
> > wouldn't have been (so the filter is actually causing the capitals when
> > you just said you hated capitals).
> >
> > Thirdly, on a Linux box there is many good reasons why to use case in
> > file-names, not least readability when you have several hundred files in
> > a folder.
> >
> > Finally, what bit is stupid?
> >
> > Gav
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> > [mailto:wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Harry
> > Metcalfe
> > Sent: 06 July 2010 15:33
> > To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> > Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Putting the P in WordPress
> >
> > I wrote a patch weeks ago to take it out. I'm really not trying to be
> > difficult! I just think this filter is a terrible idea. And it's a
> > little sad to witness the total lack of interest from the core team.
> > This isn't how it's supposed to work, IMO.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 06/07/10 15:17, Ryan McCue wrote:
> >> Matt Mullenweg wrote:
> >>> If someone made a better version of the function and benchmarked it
> >>> next to the current or some of our other formatting functions in some
> >>> real-world situations, that would be useful too, and add to the
> >>> discussion rather than the noise. I'd love to see wp-hackers return
> > to
> >>> more, well, hacking.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I'm staying out of the discussion apart for this reason. I'm not on
> > this
> >> list because I want to hear people bikeshedding irrelevant stuff like
> >> this, I'm here because I want to participate in discussions about
> >> hacking WordPress.
> >>
> >> Also, if the functionality is really that broken (affecting URLs,
> > etc),
> >> write a patch and fix it yourselves. If you're on this list, you
> > should
> >> at least be able to do that.
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Harry Metcalfe
> > Tel: 07790 559 876
> > Web: http://thedextrousweb.com
> > Twitter: @harrym, @dextrousweb
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