[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35796: "Permalink Settings" admin page is largely blog/post specific

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#35796: "Permalink Settings" admin page is largely blog/post specific
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 Reporter:  johnjamesjacoby  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Text Changes     |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion      |     Focuses:
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Comment (by DrewAPicture):

 Replying to [comment:5 jaragozzine]:
 > Instead of "Pretty" and "Unpretty," can we move to something less
 subjective and more telling of why one would choose one or the other?
 Possibly "pretty" becomes "human-readable" and "unpretty" is better stated
 as "machine" or something to suggest that those URLs do not inform humans
 where the link goes or its subject matter?

 I'm -1 on moving away from "Default" or "pretty" permalinks nomenclature
 lacking data or research that suggest a change would be beneficial.

 I think "pretty permalinks" conveys fairly closely the difference between
 word-based permalinks and "default" query string-based ones. It's also
 worth mentioning that this vernacular is well established in tutorials,
 guides, user, and developer documentation throughout core and the
 community. A small change here can easily inspire confusion elsewhere.

 > We don't pick "pretty" permalink because they look better; we pick them
 so that a person can read the URL and get an inkling as to what they would
 get if they click.

 Actually, I think vanity is and can be very much part of the decision.
 Whether "pretty" is the best way to convey the difference, I don't know.
 It seems to have worked reasonably well over time, however.

 Either way, before considering a change like this I'd think we'd need to
 see data or research that demonstrates need.

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