[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44675: Media Trash action verbiage inconsistent and causes confusion

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#44675: Media Trash action verbiage inconsistent and causes confusion
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 Reporter:  garrett-eclipse          |       Owner:  mikeschroder
     Type:  defect (bug)             |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  5.2
Component:  Media                    |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-refresh  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by garrett-eclipse):

 Thanks @afercia

 Replying to [comment:9 afercia]:
 > For some background, see #11258
 > It's a long discussion about the order of the Row Actions links in the
 Comments page and it touches also the "Trash" and "Spam" verb / noun
 ambiguity.
 I appreciate your raising those points and I agree with the comment lets
 KISS on the Row Actions to conserve space.

 > At some point it was considered to add "Move to" and "Mark as" to the
 Trash and Spam links. Then, decided against it because the links had the
 title attributes "tooltips" that clarified the context. See
 ticket:11258#comment:4 Not saying those title attributes were an effective
 solution.
 > In fact, in the last years, WordPress has been actively
 [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?keywords=~title-attribute
 discouraging the use of title attributes] and those title attributes were
 removed.
 Do you have a recommendation on how to handle the Row Actions and provide
 the additional context? Is there a more accessible fashion to add the
 'Move to Trash' & 'Mark as Spam' to the Row Actions?

 > So the ambiguity persists but I'd be cautious in adding words to the Row
 Actions links. While it makes perfectly sense to expand "Trash" to "Move
 to trash" where there's enough space e.g.:
 >
 > [[Image(http://cldup.com/588vFmf_gq.png)]]
 >
 > instead, adding more words to the Row Actions links would add some
 cognitive load and make the links less readable overall.
 I agree, let's KISS on the Row Actions and keep the verbiage to a minimum.
 And we can go for the expanded verbiage on the Bulk Actions and Publish
 Actions.

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