'Was' helping verb looks wrong in plugin deletion message

[jadhavravindra]

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

[SergeyBiryukov]

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?

[jadhavravindra]

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.

[sabernhardt]

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).