Summary: | Terminology: Edit or Modify on forms for changing information in Koha | ||
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Product: | Koha | Reporter: | David Nind <david> |
Component: | Staff interface | Assignee: | Bugs List <koha-bugs> |
Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | Testopia <testopia> |
Severity: | enhancement | ||
Priority: | P5 - low | CC: | caroline.cyr-la-rose, gmcharlt, oleonard |
Version: | Main | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | All | ||
Change sponsored?: | --- | Patch complexity: | --- |
Documentation contact: | Documentation submission: | ||
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Description
David Nind
2021-04-20 18:58:18 UTC
I'd be happy to help make things more consistent if we can make a decision or have some rules to follow. I can help for the modifications too. Not being a native English speaker, I can't really help in choosing the term... 'Edit' seems to flow more easily in my ears, but it's probably because in French it's 'Modifier' so Modify just seems like a copy of the French word ;) Or maybe one is American English and the other UK English, and I'm more used to American English... Some references that I found, but nothing is conclusive... I think we just have to choose one and stick with it. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/42032/is-there-a-difference-of-meaning-between-edit-and-modify-in-this-context https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/8837/difference-between-modify-and-edit-buttons https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/edit 1c: to alter, adapt, or refine especially to bring about conformity to a standard or to suit a particular purpose https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/modify 3a: to make minor changes in |