[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11008: Improve copy of first post to provide useful info and tips

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#11008: Improve copy of first post to provide useful info and tips
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 Reporter:  demetris        |       Owner:  westi                
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  reviewing            
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  2.9                  
Component:  General         |     Version:  2.9                  
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion
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Comment(by demetris):

 New revision is up, improved and simplified thanks to strider72’s input.

 See all revisions live and formatted:

     *   http://op109.net/198/wp-29-hello-world-r005-strider72-input
     *   http://op109.net/184/wp-29-hello-world-r004-filosofo-edition
     *   http://op109.net/176/wp-29-hello-world

 Editable copy at:

     *   http://op111.etherpad.com/3

 Changes in revision 5:

     1.  Changed “P.S.” back to “PS”.  All sources I checked (Merriam-
 Webster Online, New SOED, New Fowler) have it unpuctuated.

     2.  Removed periods from end of action items.  Authorities here say
 that in such cases (bulleted lists) you should use a period or a semicolon
 when each item is a full sentence.  But I think this is wayward advice and
 that authorities need to catch up with the times:  Punctuation is a
 pragmatic, utilitarian device.  When the items are more than sufficiently
 separated by bullets which are several times the size of a period, what do
 we need a period for?  Plus, my eye tells my that the periods in this case
 slow down the lively rhythm of the todo list.

     3.  Changed “only takes” to “takes only”.

     4.  Improved and simplified notifications explanation following
 strider72’s input.

     5.  Changed post_title to “Welcome!” and post_name to “welcome”.

     6.  Linked action items to their admin screens.  (The fully qualified
 URLs are put together by using get_bloginfo('wpurl').)  This makes the
 list more useful, but there is something I don’t like in the idea of
 printing admin URLs for every visitor regardless of capabilities.

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