[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27628: Discourage search engines setup/config inconsistency

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#27628: Discourage search engines setup/config inconsistency
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 Reporter:  Clorith         |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General         |    Version:  3.8.1
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  administration  |
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 When setting up your WordPress site, you are provided with a checkbox
 stating `Allow search engines to index this site`, often unchecked during
 setup while preparing your site (or at least this is how I personally use
 this feature).

 Once under `Settings > Reading` the same option occurs, but in reverse,
 here it states `Discourage search engines from indexing this site`, this
 time checking it to achieve the same behavior.

 I can see that both wordings are used if the `blog_privacy_selector` hook
 is triggered, here it makes sense to have both wordings since it is a set
 of radio inputs, one to allow and one to discourage, but for the (now)
 default checkbox it feels like keeping the wording consistent would be
 beneficial.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/27628>
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