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Opened 7 years ago
Last modified 2 years ago
#47669 new enhancement
'Was' helping verb looks wrong in plugin deletion message
| Reported by: | jadhavravindra | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | Awaiting Review |
| Component: | Plugins | Version: | 5.2.2 |
| Severity: | minor | Keywords: | has-screenshots needs-copy-review |
| Cc: | Focuses: | ui, administration, ui-copy |
Description
Content UI ISSUE: 'Was' helping verbs looks wrong in plugin tab.
removed helping verbs 'was' from validation alert comes after deleted the plugin
Snapshot: https://www.screencast.com/t/ZIzFEqsgh
Video URL: https://www.screencast.com/t/0O2l59eXosj
Change History (3)
#2
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7 years ago
Yes, @SergeyBiryukov , it looks wrong because If I deleted the the plugin right now then validation message should be " Plugin is successfully deleted " but its showing the Past tense sentence. so please remove helping verbs "was" from sentense which meant plugin already deleted.
#3
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2 years ago
- Focuses ui-copy added
- Keywords needs-copy-review added; reporter-feedback removed
- Summary Content UI ISSUE:'Was' helping verbs looks wrong in plugin tab. → 'Was' helping verb looks wrong in plugin deletion message
- Type defect (bug) → enhancement
The past tense should be correct with "was" because the process of deleting the plugin has been completed.
On the other hand, the text is inconsistent with other messages:
- Plugin and theme screens say "[Plugin/theme name] was successfully deleted."
- Menu screens use "has been" or "have been successfully deleted."
https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp/dev/admin/fr-ca/default/?filters%5Bterm%5D=successfully+deleted - The block editor does not have either "was" or "has been" in "Navigation menu [name] successfully deleted."
https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp/dev/fr-ca/default/?filters%5Bterm%5D=successfully+deleted
Also, in this case, I think passive voice is appropriate so that the plugin name is at the very beginning of the sentence (in most languages).
Hi @jadhavravindra, welcome to WordPress Trac! Thanks for the report.
The
[Plugin name] was successfully deleted.message looks correct to me. Could you clarify why it looks wrong?