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Petition: Change "Up vote/Down vote" to "Upvote/Downvote" or "Up-vote/Down-vote"

Posted on 11/14/14 at 7:37 am
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 11/14/14 at 7:37 am
The "Up vote" and "Down vote" we have now is a great utility! The only problem, in an grammatical sense is "Up vote" and "Down vote" lack syntax in that the two words, when separated do not mean anything, yet a small fix would change all of this!

The internet has adopted the words Upvote and Downvote as actual words, while not accepted in Webster's Dictionary (yet), these do a better job at explaining what the feature is than "Up vote" or "Down vote" does.

If "Up vote" and "Down vote" were hyphenated to "Up-vote" or "Down-vote" then this would be a verb that would directly describe the action a user is taking when they use this feature.



While I do not have a preference to the use of neither the compound word nor the hyphenated word versions outlined above, both serve as a more proper syntax than the "Up vote" and "Down vote" labels we currently have.

This thread is to serve a petition in that respect, to change the current labels to either mentioned as better alternatives.

Thank you.

-pec
Posted by terd ferguson
Darren Wilson Fan Club President
Member since Aug 2007
108745 posts
Posted on 11/14/14 at 8:03 am to
Petition to change Pectus to NerdLoser
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 11/14/14 at 8:08 am to
Up-vote
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 11/14/14 at 8:16 am to
But, for real. There's no arguing that I'm write. And it would only take changing a space in 2 lines of code to make it all work.
Posted by terd ferguson
Darren Wilson Fan Club President
Member since Aug 2007
108745 posts
Posted on 11/14/14 at 8:39 am to
quote:

I'm write


Posted by Chicken
Jackassistan
Member since Aug 2003
22021 posts
Posted on 11/14/14 at 8:40 am to
Be that as it may, expect the status quo.
Posted by Sentrius
Fort Rozz
Member since Jun 2011
64757 posts
Posted on 11/14/14 at 8:43 am to
Downvote. <---------- Look at that!

There.
Posted by MondayMorningMarch
Pumping Sunshine. She's cute!
Member since Dec 2006
16866 posts
Posted on 11/14/14 at 10:25 am to
When I hover my cursor over the green arrow it reads "Up Vote". When I hover my cursor over the red arrow it reads "Down Vote". I clicked on that one.
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 11/14/14 at 11:49 am to
Fine. I tried.
Posted by Chicken
Jackassistan
Member since Aug 2003
22021 posts
Posted on 11/14/14 at 11:59 am to
It is what it is.
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35543 posts
Posted on 11/14/14 at 3:31 pm to
quote:

in an grammatical
down vote
Posted by Blue Velvet
Apple butter toast is nice
Member since Nov 2009
20112 posts
Posted on 11/17/14 at 11:04 am to
quote:

The "Up vote" and "Down vote" we have now is a great utility!
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