Hi Amir, I want to help on this, but am not sure where this shows up. Can you refer us to where in the interface owner appears? Thanks, J
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote: > Hi, > > I am translating Gather, and I feel very uncomfortable about the term > "Owner". > > It's challenging to translate, because in the languages I care about - > Hebrew and Russian - it requires gender. Now gender can be added without > too much technical effort, but there's still the general feeling of > discomfort - "owner" is a strong word in the Wikimedia world, which should > usually be avoided without a good reason. > > Was this word chosen intentionally, to show that lists are, in fact, > owned, and privately curated? > > Maybe it could be changed to something like "maintainer", "curator" or > something else? Or simply "User"? > > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > “We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > >
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