From: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: devguy.ca@gmail.com, "pgsql-docs@postgresql.org" <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: inappropriate word 'victim'
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 13:29:34 -0700
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On 10/03/2017 01:28 PM, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com
> My first inclination was "target" though I suppose its not that much
> closer to the supposed neutral position on this subjective scale than
> "victim".
>
> Subject didn't sound right either (marginally). Maybe "named" -
> "...while connected to the named database."
>
> Given that, aside from 3 release note instances, we never use the word
> "victim" in the docs leads me to want to change this if just for
> internal consistency.
Named is probably the best middle ground.
JD
>
> David J.
>
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