"Deprecated" in Flagged Revisions

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Last edit: 23:21, 2 March 2011

The Free Dictionary of the term in question states:

dep·re·cate (dpr-kt) tr.v. de·pre·cat·ed, de·pre·cat·ing, de·pre·cates 1. To express disapproval of; deplore. 2. To belittle; depreciate. 3. Computer Science To mark (a component of a software standard) as obsolete to warn against its use in the future so that it may be phased out.

Since it's safe to say that we are in the IT business, it's quite natural to assume that number 3 would be appropriate. The examples you have provided, however, (which happen to be in Turkish, my native tongue) refer to page revisions with the use of this term and include certain uses such as "This page lists the most recent approvals and deprecations of revisions".

I believe in that case it's quite clear that we have to go with the first meaning here. The term refers to "disapproval".

Vito Genovese23:21, 2 March 2011

First sentence of my message above should have been:

The Free Dictionary entry for the term in question states:

Vito Genovese23:23, 2 March 2011
 

You probably see them in Turkish, because your interface language is Turkish. I see them in Hebrew, which is my interface language.

Your answer brings me back to my question: Is it the same as "rejected" or is it something else?

Amir E. Aharoni23:27, 2 March 2011

No no, I see them in both languages: English and Turkish. I even check German time to time in order to make sure.

My choice would be "rejected/rejection" or "disapproved/disapproval" rather than the one used in a typical IT context.

Vito Genovese23:36, 2 March 2011