[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10145: Tango/GNOME smilies in core

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#10145: Tango/GNOME smilies in core
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 Reporter:  jdub         |        Owner:          
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal       |    Milestone:  2.9     
Component:  Formatting   |      Version:  2.8     
 Severity:  normal       |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  has-patch    |  
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Comment(by otto42):

 Replying to [comment:20 Viper007Bond]:
 > Replying to [comment:18 Otto42]:
 > > And judging by the reactions in that thread over on wp.com, I'm not
 the only one.
 >
 > I'm not arguing for (or against) these particular smilies, but as the
 saying goes, you cannot ignore the silent majority in favor of the vocal
 few (or something like that). In short, lots of complaints does not
 necessarily mean it's the opinion of the majority. Just keep that in mind.
 ;)

 Fair enough, but without actually doing some form of information
 gathering, replacing something that is entirely opinion based is simply
 going to make users angry. Even the people that like the new stuff might
 be upset that there was no consultation, debate, public opinion gathering.

 These are entirely opinion based. There's no possible argument for
 changing them other than "we like these other ones better". That's it. So
 without some form of information gathering, you have absolutely no idea
 what the majority thinks.

 Also, on a coding note, plugins to replace the smilies have to resort to a
 bit of a hack job to modify the smilies location (which is hardcoded in
 the replacement function). This needs to be corrected with a filter or
 something.

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