Changeset 48121 for trunk/src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php

Timestamp:

06/22/2020 05:24:34 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

desrosj

Message:

General: Remove “whitelist” and “blacklist” in favor of more clear and inclusive language.

“The WordPress open source community cares about diversity. We strive to maintain a welcoming environment where everyone can feel included.”

With this commit, all occurrences of “whitelist” and “blacklist” (with the single exception of the $new_whitelist_options global variable) are removed. A new ticket has been opened to explore renaming the $new_whitelist_options variable (#50434).

Changing to more specific names or rewording sentences containing these terms not only makes the code more inclusive, but also helps provide clarity. These terms are often ambiguous. What is being blocked or allowed is not always immediately clear. This can make it more difficult for non-native English speakers to read through the codebase.

Words matter. If one contributor feels more welcome because these terms are removed, this was worth the effort.

Props strangerstudios, jorbin, desrosj, joemcgill, timothyblynjacobs, ocean90, ayeshrajans, davidbaumwald, earnjam.
See #48900, #50434.
Fixes #50413.

File:

• trunk/src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php

@@ -182 +182 @@
 <?php _e( 'Comment must be manually approved' ); ?> </label>
 <br />
-<label for="comment_whitelist"><input type="checkbox" name="comment_whitelist" id="comment_whitelist" value="1" <?php checked( '1', get_option( 'comment_whitelist' ) ); ?> /> <?php _e( 'Comment author must have a previously approved comment' ); ?></label>
+<label for="comment_previously_approved"><input type="checkbox" name="comment_previously_approved" id="comment_previously_approved" value="1" <?php checked( '1', get_option( 'comment_previously_approved' ) ); ?> /> <?php _e( 'Comment author must have a previously approved comment' ); ?></label>
 </fieldset></td>
 </tr>
@@ -207 +207 @@
 <th scope="row"><?php _e( 'Comment Blocklist' ); ?></th>
 <td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e( 'Comment Blocklist' ); ?></span></legend>
-<p><label for="blacklist_keys"><?php _e( 'When a comment contains any of these words in its content, author name, URL, email, IP address, or browser&#8217;s user agent string, it will be put in the Trash. One word or IP address per line. It will match inside words, so &#8220;press&#8221; will match &#8220;WordPress&#8221;.' ); ?></label></p>
+<p><label for="blocklist_keys"><?php _e( 'When a comment contains any of these words in its content, author name, URL, email, IP address, or browser&#8217;s user agent string, it will be put in the Trash. One word or IP address per line. It will match inside words, so &#8220;press&#8221; will match &#8220;WordPress&#8221;.' ); ?></label></p>
 <p>
-<textarea name="blacklist_keys" rows="10" cols="50" id="blacklist_keys" class="large-text code"><?php echo esc_textarea( get_option( 'blacklist_keys' ) ); ?></textarea>
+<textarea name="blocklist_keys" rows="10" cols="50" id="blocklist_keys" class="large-text code"><?php echo esc_textarea( get_option( 'blocklist_keys' ) ); ?></textarea>
 </p>
 </fieldset></td>