[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26879: Hello, new users. Here is an Error.

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#26879: Hello, new users. Here is an Error.
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 Reporter:  mrtortai                             |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  3.9
Component:  Upgrade/Install                      |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion docs-feedback  |     Focuses:
  needs-testing                                  |
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Comment (by mrtortai):

 Hello Hanni, thank you very much for the contributions and patch.

 > I replaced "good stuff" with paraphernalia, but this is going too far
 the other way, I think - from the overly simple / stands out for that
 reason to the overly complicated and standing out as too wordy. Where's
 the juste milieu here?

 "Paraphernalia" is not a very commonly used word, and can have a slightly
 negative connotation.
 (http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/114603/does-paraphernalia-
 have-a-negative-connotation).

 > Got rid of number 5 - table prefix (the host won't usually provide /
 dictate the table prefix so this could be confusing - pointed out by @DH-
 Shredder)

 Good to see - I had the same thought that it wasn't necessary and that
 hosts won't generally provide this information, by I opted to leave it in.
 Happy to see it go :-)

 > In all places, Need more help? We got it. Has been changed to "Need more
 help? Check out our documentation."

 Without making too general of a statement - no one likes to read
 documentation! Some people are actually averse to documentation. I
 personally did very much like, "Need more help? We got it." Anyone have
 some input or suggestions on this?

 > Then moved tale prefix can't be empty & please go back and try again
 onto the same line, as they are more closely related to each other than to
 then the help link. Nonetheless, this draws attention to the fact that
 they are two slightly staccato sentences, in close proximity to one
 another, so an option could be to use a semicolon here.

 Looking at the Table Prefix error page, it looks much better without
 "Please go back and try again.". There is only one action to take on the
 page, and the button text is descriptive on the action to take. ("Try
 Again"). I suggest removing this sentence which also gets rid of the
 hanging "again" on the line by itself and then we don't need use a
 semicolon.

 > "If you don't have it, you'll need to get in touch with them."

 Alternative suggestion: "If you don't have it, your web host can provide
 you with this information."
 Or simply: "Your web host can provide you with this information".

 > "This could mean your host's database server is down."

 I would avoid speculating too much. In the three bullet points directly
 below this sentence there is already a mention about checking that the
 database server is running. So I suggest removing the speculation that the
 server could be down.

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