[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17739: Comment prompt text is misleading

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#17739: Comment prompt text is misleading
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 Reporter:  jane         |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  lowest       |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  UI           |     Version:  3.2
 Severity:  trivial      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |
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Comment (by nacin):

 The text, and "will not be published" as a subset, is pretty much
 universal on the web, dating to its original appearance in Classic and
 Kubrick. It's carried over to comment forms of other systems as well.

 The word "published" is pretty clear. Also, it's pretty clear that by
 submitting your email address, it'll go somewhere.

 I'm open for a new string, but I definitely can't think of one that isn't
 too long or too much of a deviation. We went down this path in #13026,
 because the original string in Twenty Ten was indeed pretty deceptive, and
 it was opted for the current string to match the historical string.

 It's not deceptive as much as people ~~are dumb~~ need education
 sometimes. :-)

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