[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19780: Named category functions/docs need cleaning up

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#19780: Named category functions/docs need cleaning up
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 Reporter:  DrewAPicture  |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Taxonomy      |    Version:
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
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 Spawning from a small discussion in #19766, I think it's about time
 something is done to deal with the older named category functions such as
 `wp_category_dropdown` and `wp_list_categories` in category-template.php

 These functions aren't technically category-only as they accept a set
 $taxonomy. And because they are actually taxonomy-agnostic, I think we
 have a few different routes we can take to clean up after ourselves a bit:

 A) Lock down these functions to 'categories'-only in favor of new,
 taxonomy-agnostic ones.

 B) Leave the functions alone but let the inline-docs and hard-coded
 strings such as 'No Categories' reflect their versatility. e.g. 'No Terms'
 vs 'No Categoriies'.

 C) Deprecate these older functions in deference to newer, taxonomy-
 agnostic ones.

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