[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13433: Replace "admin" with "administrator" or "administration"

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#13433: Replace "admin" with "administrator" or "administration"
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 Reporter:  dimadin      |       Owner:                
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  3.1           
Component:  UI           |     Version:  3.0           
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  has-patch gsoc
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Comment(by caesarsgrunt):

 You probably ought to consult with Jane before making this change.

 I realise it looks like a minor thing, but the term 'admin' has always
 been used throughout the admin and in all documentation etc (maybe with a
 few minor exceptions) and so to suddenly change to 'administrator' and
 'administration' is quite drastic.

 Also, I personally find the new strings ''more'' confusing. I was never
 confused by 'admin', whereas to me at least, some of these strings mean a
 slightly different thing when admin is replaced by administration or
 administrator, and a lot of them sound a little odd to me. Maybe just
 because they're not what I'm used to, I don't know!

 Regarding 'Admin Colour Scheme' - changing it to 'Dashboard Colour Scheme'
 doesn't seem right to me. The term 'Dashboard' is used in WP to refer
 exclusively to the 'home page' of the admin area. The term 'admin' is used
 to refer to the whole thing. If you are going to make these substitutions
 then it should (in my opinion) be 'Administration Colour Scheme', in line
 with all the other changes you've made.

 I would also argue that 'Administration Area' sounds a little better than
 'Administration'. Apart from anything else, the term 'administration'
 refers to a process rather than a place where the process is done. So if
 you're making the change to remove the slight ambiguity of 'admin', don't
 make it worse by using 'administration' to mean something it doesn't! :-p

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