Difference between revisions of "Terminology"
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== Other == | == Other == | ||
| − | == Account name or Username == | + | === Account name or Username === |
When you're referring to the name of an account on Dreamwidth, use <strong>account name</strong>, not <strong>username</strong>. | When you're referring to the name of an account on Dreamwidth, use <strong>account name</strong>, not <strong>username</strong>. | ||
| − | == Accounts or Users == | + | === Accounts or Users === |
Use <strong>account(s)</strong>, not <strong>user(s)</strong>. If you can, use "you" instead of either. <strong>Account holders</strong> can also be used. | Use <strong>account(s)</strong>, not <strong>user(s)</strong>. If you can, use "you" instead of either. <strong>Account holders</strong> can also be used. | ||
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The <b>archive</b> displays past entries of a journal or community by year or by month. We do not refer to it as a calendar. | The <b>archive</b> displays past entries of a journal or community by year or by month. We do not refer to it as a calendar. | ||
| − | == Community Administration == | + | === Community Administration === |
The people who create and/or moderate communities are <strong>adminstrators</strong>, not <strong>moderators</strong> or <strong>maintainers</strong>. | The people who create and/or moderate communities are <strong>adminstrators</strong>, not <strong>moderators</strong> or <strong>maintainers</strong>. | ||
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The little menu that appears on the top right of the profile with options like modify, access, send message, track, etc. will be referred to as the <strong>Interactions Menu</strong>. | The little menu that appears on the top right of the profile with options like modify, access, send message, track, etc. will be referred to as the <strong>Interactions Menu</strong>. | ||
| − | == Locked or Protected == | + | === Locked or Protected === |
Threads are <strong>locked</strong> when no one can respond to them any longer. Content (entries, photo galleries, etc) is <strong>protected</strong> when it isn't public. | Threads are <strong>locked</strong> when no one can respond to them any longer. Content (entries, photo galleries, etc) is <strong>protected</strong> when it isn't public. | ||
Revision as of 19:03, 29 April 2009
This is a list of what we're calling things here at Dreamwidth.
For right now, this page is almost-but-not-quite definitive. That is, some things may change, but most items are certainly what we will always use.
See the Discussion page for discussion about what to call things that haven't been named yet.
Contents
User Relationships
Instead of using the single term friend we use two terms:
- Users you are Watching are called subscriptions. Entries you can read on their journal you can watch appear on your reading list.
- Users you are Trusting are called access. You trust these users to view some (or all) of your protected content.
The reading page is the equivalent of the friends page.
For example:
- When you subscribe to a journal it will become a subscribed journal, or, you will be subscribed to that journal.
- This journal will then appear on your subscriptions list, and you will appear on their subscribers list.
- When you grant access to someone, they appear on your access list, while you will appear on their access to list.
There are access filters to control who has access to your content. There will be reading filters to show who appears on your reading page, but these will not be available during beta.
Relationship is a generic term including both subscriptions and access.
Your circle is all people with whom you have a relationship.
Your network is your circle's circle.
Thus, the equivalent of the friends' friends page is read your network and the equivalent of popular with friends will be popular in your network.
Other
Account name or Username
When you're referring to the name of an account on Dreamwidth, use account name, not username.
Accounts or Users
Use account(s), not user(s). If you can, use "you" instead of either. Account holders can also be used.
Archive
The archive displays past entries of a journal or community by year or by month. We do not refer to it as a calendar.
Community Administration
The people who create and/or moderate communities are adminstrators, not moderators or maintainers.
Email Confirmation
Email addresses are confirmed rather than validated.
Entry or Post
- Entry
- The proper noun form is entry (entries rather than posts or postings).
- Post
- The proper verb form is post.
The only exception to this is the verb to make: You post an entry to your account; you make a post to your account; you write an entry in your account.
Feeds
When it is necessary to distinguish the Dreamwidth account from its originating feed, use the term feed account. Do not mention syndication or syndicated accounts.
Interactions Menu
The little menu that appears on the top right of the profile with options like modify, access, send message, track, etc. will be referred to as the Interactions Menu.
Locked or Protected
Threads are locked when no one can respond to them any longer. Content (entries, photo galleries, etc) is protected when it isn't public.
The preferred term is Navigation Strip or Nav Strip for short. Do not refer to it as the control strip.
Profile
The correct term is profile. Do not use user info.
Tracking/Notifications
Tracking specifically refers to tracking of comments/entries.
Notifications refers to a more general sense.
- You would receive a notification when someone adds you to their circle.
- You might receive a notification when someone comments on an entry you're tracking.
- You wouldn't track people adding you to their circle.
- The inbox would still be referred to as the inbox, so all notifications would go to the inbox, and you also have the option of having them emailed to you.
Do not refer to this feature as subscribing or as Event Subscription Notification (ESN).
User Icons
Refer to these as icons generally, and as user icons if necessary for clarity or to distinguish from other icons.
