Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dzTp0-0008Qc-1h for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:29:42 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dzToz-0007qG-Kk for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:29:41 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dzToy-0007pU-TC for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:29:41 +0000 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com ([2604:da00:2:2:5054:ff:fe07:7618]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dzTov-00005R-UM for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:29:39 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.50] (spinlock.commandprompt.com [69.168.55.30]) by lists.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 4FE65749; Tue, 3 Oct 2017 13:29:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from c-67-170-3-120.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([67.170.3.120] helo=[192.168.1.50]) by assp.commandprompt.com with SMTPSA(TLSv1_2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256) (2.5.1); 3 Oct 2017 13:29:34 -0700 Subject: Re: inappropriate word 'victim' To: "David G. Johnston" Cc: devguy.ca@gmail.com, "pgsql-docs@postgresql.org" References: <20171003193804.28564.41434@wrigleys.postgresql.org> <0af35b7c-9421-ed87-34cd-9f73f21e3d71@commandprompt.com> From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. Message-ID: <0d692205-5ec3-55aa-51cb-d029eb93cd12@commandprompt.com> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 13:29:34 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Assp-Version: 2.5.1(16177) on assp.commandprompt.com X-Assp-ID: assp.commandprompt.com m1-62575-03840 X-Assp-Session: 7FA4E10F21E8 (mail 1) X-Assp-Original-Subject: Re: [DOCS] inappropriate word 'victim' X-Assp-Client-SSL: yes List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-docs Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-docs-owner@postgresql.org On 10/03/2017 01:28 PM, David G. Johnston wrote: > On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Joshua D. Drake ​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. > -- Command Prompt, Inc. || http://the.postgres.company/ || @cmdpromptinc PostgreSQL Centered full stack support, consulting and development. Advocate: @amplifypostgres || Learn: https://pgconf.us ***** Unless otherwise stated, opinions are my own. ***** -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs