Clarify that changes to default discussion settings don't have retroactive effect

[tobifjellner]

Two improvements can be made to

​https://build.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/wp-admin/options-discussion.php?marks=61#L61

1. It would be good if the message "These settings may be overridden for individual posts." gets changed so that it indicates that any change to these settings will only have effect on newly created pages and posts and won't change things retroactively. Suggested text: "The discussion settings are handled separately for every post and page. The current settings on this page are used for newly created posts and pages."

2. The parenthesis would better be included in the string, this will generate a more natural text layout flow for RTL languages.

[sabbirshouvo]

I think this will be miniman and better version on proposed description. These settings may be overridden for individual posts & will be applied for newly created posts only.

[audrasjb]

Moving for 5.9 consideration

[audrasjb]

Administration: Clarify that discussion settings will only be applied to new posts

[audrasjb]

In 54300.1.diff I removed entirely the parenthesis and I rephrased the previously proposed sentence to: "These settings may be overridden for individual posts and changes will be applied for newly created posts only."

[audrasjb]

@tobifjellner what do you think of this proposal?

[tobifjellner]

I think your proposal is good, @audrasjb

[sabernhardt]

Small edit: I would like a comma before "and" (posts, and changes)

[audrasjb]

Administration: Clarify that discussion settings will only be applied to new posts.

[audrasjb]

Agree, thanks @sabernhardt. Comma added in 54300.2.diff.

[audrasjb]

As per today's bug scrub, I'm marking this for commit as it was reviewed by two people and the patch still applies cleanly against trunk :)

[johnjamesjacoby]

I'd like to offer up another iteration:

'Individual posts may override these settings. Changes here will only be applied to new posts.'

• Moves the "individual posts" caveat to the beginning, for improved emphasis
• Removes double usage of the word "for" which helps reduce ambiguity between sentence sections
• Break single sentence into 2 statements of fact, to make them each easier to understand separately
• Move the word "only" from the end to the middle to improve sentence flow

What do y'all think? 🧐

[tobifjellner]

What do y'all think? 🧐

I like 3.diff!

[audrasjb]

Looks great to me, thanks @johnjamesjacoby !

[johnjamesjacoby]

In 51976:

Admin/Discussion Settings: attempt to clarify intent of "Default post settings" section.

This changes the descriptive text underneath 3 settings that are frequently overridden by individual posts & pages, and are also often misunderstood to work differently than they do.

"(These settings may be overridden for individual posts.)"

...becomes...

"Individual posts may override these settings. Changes here will only be applied to new posts."

• Parenthesis were removed to improve text layout and flow for RTL languages.
• Original statement was reworded to emphasize "individual posts".
• New statement provides clarity to users about settings changes not being retroactive.

Props audrasjb, johnjamesjacoby, sabbirshouvo, sabernhardt, tobifjellner.

Fixes #54300.