Monthly Journal
MO-002
The Month Everything Was Renamed Once
And most of it renamed back
Month
Naming pass
A naming pass went through every category in the archive. Eleven names changed, seven changed back within the same month, and the four that stayed are the four nobody argued about.
What Was Attempted
A single pass to make every category name read in the same voice.
What Happened
Eleven were changed. Seven were changed back before the month ended, because a consistent voice turned out to be worth less than a name people already recognised.
| Outcome | Count |
|---|---|
| Renamed and kept | 4 |
| Renamed and reverted | 7 |
| Left alone | 28 |
What Was Learned
The four that survived were the four where the original name was genuinely unclear. Consistency was never the reason any of them needed changing; it was only the reason the pass was attempted.
“Consistency is a reason to review a name. It is not a reason to change one.”
Note closing the pass
Seven reverts inside one month is a bad result for the pass and a good result for the archive, and the record is the only place both readings survive.
Month
- Renamed
- Eleven.
- Reverted
- Seven, same month.
- Kept
- Four.
- URLs changed
- None. Slugs were left alone throughout.