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This topic is a continuation of forum #362643 . CC @Blank_User
The term "disinterested", used to indicate an approver having reviewed a post and passed by, has caused misunderstandings in the feedback thread forum #45532 .
I'd suggest to document this further in about:mod queue, and to use a more neutrual term for this process. I would recommend "no action" or something.
Is "having reviewed and passed by" not adequately summed up in "disinterest"?
"No action" is a strange description for something where a button had to be pressed.
tamuraakemi said:
"No action" is a strange description for something where a button had to be pressed.
Blank User described this to me:
All "disinterest" means is that an Approver looked at it and didn't approve it. The Approvers don't have control over the message; it's completely automated.
I'm not an approver so I don't really know the process. Can you interpret this for me further?
ANON_TOKYO said:
Is "having reviewed and passed by" not adequately summed up in "disinterest"?
I believe at least some people equate this to a kind of "downvoting".
ZeroAurora said:
Blank User described this to me:
I'm not an approver so I don't really know the process. Can you interpret this for me further?
"Skip" and "Disinterested" both give the same "disinterested" message, any manual message requires extra menus.
ZeroAurora said:
I believe at least some people equate this to a kind of "downvoting".
Plenty of people interpret plenty of normal or neutral terms as something attacking their person. Catering to every instance of this would be chaos, especially when the current term is already plenty neutral.
ANON_TOKYO said:
"Skip" and "Disinterested" both give the same "disinterested" message, any manual message requires extra menus.
Plenty of people interpret plenty of normal or neutral terms as something attacking their person. Catering to every instance of this would be chaos, especially when the current term is already plenty neutral.
Thanks for explanation 
Luckily we don't really have any images deleted here. It's soft delete and anyone can appeal.
Anyway let's keep the topic here and see if there are other opinions.
I think disinterest is a good enough word to explain that an approver looked at the image and declined to approve it as a matter of personal taste (as opposed to poor quality or rulebreaking).
Any alternative phrase would need to communicate that an approver did look at the image and took action, but decided to not approve it.
I was mistaken about the action that would need to be taken, as I thought a record would've been generated automatically (which makes sense since they might need to step away for a moment or something). I'll fix the original post I made about this.
That said, in practice, I'm sure most Approvers would not skip over that button to avoid causing offense. Otherwise, the images will pile up in their queue and it'll make things harder for them.
I also don't see the problem with "disinterest." It's a statement about the Approver, not the post. If we really wanted to, we could change it to something like "post #xxxxxx was not approved (skipped)" to remove the dis- prefix, which suggests a negative action instead of the absence of a positive one. It would also state the actual action instead of making inferences of the Approver's thoughts. However, this is mostly nitpicking and really shouldn't be a priority.
