See, that reads wrong to me. It is the technical term -- going all the way back to journalism and print layout using type -- so even if people aren't as aware of it, that is what it should be called. It's also what other sites that allow the feature, like Word press, call it, so...
Technical term or not, it is confusing, especially as it is something that
other sites of our variety don't have. That being said, I think the body of
the FAQ Explains fairly clearly what a slug is. If we run into a lot of
confusion down the road then we can reevaluate. Fair?
I agree with this FWIW, I know exactly what the term means but others were completely clueless, while people using the update page may see the feature if they select customise and see the option, I suspect most will come to it trying to figure out how to do what their friends have already done or similar, and if they don't know what a slug is in the first place...
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See, that reads wrong to me. It is the technical term -- going all the way back to journalism and print layout using type -- so even if people aren't as aware of it, that is what it should be called. It's also what other sites that allow the feature, like Word press, call it, so...
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Technical term or not, it is confusing, especially as it is something that other sites of our variety don't have. That being said, I think the body of the FAQ Explains fairly clearly what a slug is. If we run into a lot of confusion down the road then we can reevaluate. Fair?
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Sounds good.
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