[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #5809: Updating a term in one taxonomy affects the term in every taxonomy

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#5809: Updating a term in one taxonomy affects the term in every taxonomy
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 Reporter:  rmccue           |       Owner:  garyc40
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  high             |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Taxonomy         |     Version:  2.3
 Severity:  major            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch early  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by MikeSchinkel):

 Replying to @all in reference to [comment:30 voilamedia]'s comments:
 > When you create a custom taxonomy, (post types most likely would do this
 too but I didn't want to test it) then add terms to the taxonomy as you
 would. Then add a term of that taxonomy as the name of custom menu that
 you set up with the new menu manager feature, than add menu items it
 modifies the term and the menu it modifies both the menu term and the
 custom taxonomy term

 Let me float an idea that I've thought about ever since I tried to use the
 menu system for in ways that required some significant custom coding. This
 idea would not at all address the issue of tag names and slugs changing
 when they were edited for a different context but would solve the menu
 issue mentioned above:

 > ''Let's deprecate the use of Posts and Taxonomies for menus and instead
 store serialized objects in the Options table.''

 I've posted another ticket for discussion of that proposal:

 - #26946 - [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/26946 Decouple the Menu
 System from Posts and Taxonomies]

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