[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #1686: New Submission Form - Cannot Speficy Name

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#1686: New Submission Form - Cannot Speficy Name
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 Reporter:  Ipstenu           |       Owner:
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Plugin Directory v3 - M1
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by Ipstenu):

 I'm talking about the slug, Obenland.  The confusion is because we use
 'plugin name' in the current form.

 Today: People type in a name and it's converted to a post name that cannot
 be changed. This is called your 'Plugin Name' in the submission form

 The proposed form: The postname is extracted from the Plugin Name.

 The PROBLEM: If a plugin is approved right away, we cannot change the
 SLUG.

 Ergo: People cannot request a specific slug and will get a URL they don't
 want.

 That breaks SVN. And we cannot accept certain slugs (like google-
 analytics-by-bob is not okay). If we can edit the post-name after
 submission but before approval, that helps some things (like Google etc)
 but not the current problem of "Oh I didn't want the url /boaty-
 mcboatface/!" Which I'm hoping we can resolve :)

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