[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #34116: Rethink default install content like "Sample Page", etc.

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#34116: Rethink default install content like "Sample Page", etc.
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 Reporter:  krogsgard    |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |    Version:  4.3
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:               |
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 New installs of WordPress come built in with "Sample Page", a default blog
 post, and a built in comment.

 I would like to propose that we rethink this content. In its current
 state, all it means is that any site owner needs to make some changes to
 their website, including either trashing or changing the sample page,
 editing the information in it and the sample blog post, and deleting the
 sample content.

 IMO, there are a variety of steps I'd prefer to take, but I'll rank a few
 in terms of what I think have few consequences to options that may be more
 of a difficult sell.

 1. Change the name of Sample page to "About". Nearly every website has an
 about page. It's a much better option in my opinion. It's even the
 recommendation of the current sample page.
 2. Delete the sample comment on Hello World altogether. People get web
 comments, this just has to be trashed on all new installs.
 3. Change the status of "Hello World" to draft. It's not ready to publish,
 so let's not make it published.
 4. Change "uncategorized" to "general" or something that's not so awful.
 (I know this has been discussed elsewhere a good bit but I'd be sad to not
 mention it)

 Currently the sample content is used as a defacto new user walkthrough. I
 would rather see proper new user onboarding, personally. But even if
 that's a step too far, I'd like to make some of these changes to the
 default content. Numbers 1 and 2 feel particularly doable to me, and 3 and
 4 would be really nice additions.

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