[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23257: Add plural versions of Post Format strings

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#23257: Add plural versions of Post Format strings
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 Reporter:  obenland               |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General                |     Version:  3.5
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch ux-feedback  |
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Changes (by kovshenin):

 * cc: kovshenin (added)


Comment:

 I agree that it makes sense, but I disagree with the proposed patch. In
 languages with more than one plural form, some of the forms make no sense
 without the number context: for example in Russian, "comments", "2
 comments", "5 comments" will all have different translations.

 It's probably why _n is mostly used with printf. So to generate a title
 for the archives in a theme, what are you going to pass as the $number
 argument? The number of found posts, the number of posts on the page, or
 perhaps a random plural number? :)

 Again, due to plural forms in Russian, if you pass, say 21 to that
 function, it will actually return the singular form of the post format.
 The plurals 21, 101, 151, 1000001, etc are plural, but they use the
 singular form words and in order to be differentiated from the real
 singular (1) they need the number to be in context. Sorry this is so
 confusing, maybe SergeyBiryukov can clarify :)

 I don't know about other languages, but I think than changing `$number` to
 be a boolean `$plural` could work, then we'd just provide plural
 translations of post formats without the number context and without `_n`:

 {{{
 'gallery' => ( $plural ) ? _x( 'Galleries', 'Plural post format' ) : _x(
 'Gallery', 'Post format' ),
 }}}

 It'll work for the post format archives title, but will fail if you put a
 number in context, like "this blog has 5 galleries". What are the other
 use cases for post formats plural forms, a except post format archives
 title? Can we make a function that would fit all use cases?

 Also, I think "standards" is pretty weird, and "audio" is uncountable, so
 the plural would remain "audio" not "audios" :)

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