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Opened 4 weeks ago

Closed 3 weeks ago

#64508 closed enhancement (wontfix)

More modern spelling - reset password

Reported by: timse201's profile timse201 Owned by:
Milestone: Priority: normal
Severity: minor Version: 5.4
Component: Login and Registration Keywords: has-patch 2nd-opinion
Focuses: ui, ui-copy Cc:

Description (last modified by sabernhardt)

Our current phrase is:

You will receive an email message with instructions on how to reset your password.

'message' feels redundant and outdated.

Change History (4)

This ticket was mentioned in PR #10738 on WordPress/wordpress-develop by @timse201.


4 weeks ago
#1

  • Keywords has-patch added

#2 @sabernhardt
4 weeks ago

  • Description modified (diff)
  • Focuses ui-copy added
  • Severity changed from normal to minor
  • Version changed from trunk to 5.4

The text was updated for clarity in #49346 / [47232].

The word "message" might not be necessary, but I think it could help distinguish between an email address and an email message ("email" can refer to either).

Looking at some of the 108 translations:

  • Your German translation plus all French and Portuguese translations have a form of "email" without "message."
  • On the other hand, Austrian and Swiss German plus all English and Spanish translations include "message."

#3 @westonruter
3 weeks ago

  • Keywords 2nd-opinion added

It's true that "email" in isolation is ambiguous, but in context it seems clear. An “email address with instructions on how to reset your password” wouldn't make any sense. But it's also true that “email address” is previously mentioned, so in theory someone reading this might think “email” is just being used as a shortcut for “email address” and there could be additional mental processing time to disambiguate.

#4 @johnbillion
3 weeks ago

  • Milestone Awaiting Review deleted
  • Resolution set to wontfix
  • Status changed from new to closed

Let's not invalidate and create fuzzy translations for every language for such a small change. Thanks.

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