[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43370: Consider to make the `Format` taxonomy name plural

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#43370: Consider to make the `Format` taxonomy name plural
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 Reporter:  afercia       |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Taxonomy      |    Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 When taxonomies register their labels, the `name` is ''usually'' plural
 and the `singular_name` is singular. The `name` default is 'Tags' /
 'Categories', while the `singular_name` default is 'Tag' / 'Category'.

 Additional taxonomies register their own labels, for example:
 'Navigation Menus' / 'Navigation Menu'
 'Link Categories' / 'Link Categoriy'

 Plugins often follow the same pattern, for example:
 'Project Types' / 'Project Type'
 'Project Tags' / 'Project Tag'

 Instead, the `post_format` taxonomy uses a singular form for both the
 `name` and `singular_name`:
 'Format' / 'Format'

 Seems it works this way since the introduction of these labels in [17261].
 Reading the original ticket #16172 seems to me `Formats` was avoided to
 not introduce a new string during the "strings-freeze" release period, and
 it was decided to keep it singular "for now".

 While ti's a minor issue, sometimes there's the need to have a proper
 plural name for Formats, for example when listing programmatically the
 registered taxonomies.

 I'd propose to change the `name` to a plural form `Formats`. /cc
 @SergeyBiryukov

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