Hey S. Thanks for checking.
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 7:19 AM, S Page <[email protected]> wrote: > While adding messages for a restyled login and create account forms I find > they're getting longer and longer. E.g. the original field was named > "yourpassword", and I'm distinguishing the two forms' fields, so > userlogin-yourpassword. But when it comes to the placeholder text that > appears in the input field, > 'userlogin-yourpassword-placeholder' > feels just too long (34 characters). I think as we start using HTML5 > features and more fields get placeholders, it makes sense to use an > abbreviation for that 11 character, so > 'userlogin-yourpassword-ph' > > I explain this MessagesQqq.php, but how about mentioning abbreviations in > <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Coding_conventions#System_messages> > ? > I see no immediate problem with your proposal. Even though message keys are indicative of their usage, there needs to be some room to keep them usable for developers. Cheers! Siebrand
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