[Tickets #1898] RESOLVED: "blacklist" label

Mon May 2 10:12:10 PDT 2005

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/?id=1898
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 Ticket             | 1898
 Updated By         | Michael Slusarz <slusarz at mail.curecanti.org>
 Summary            | "blacklist" label
 Queue              | Horde Base
 Version            | 3.0.3
 State              | Rejected
 Priority           | 1. Low
 Type               | Enhancement
 Owners             | 
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Michael Slusarz <slusarz at mail.curecanti.org> (2005-05-02 10:12) wrote:

And for the record (to ease future searches - this is not a invitation to
begin a flame war here) the conclusion on the lists, backed by research, is
that "blacklist' is **NOT** a racially-derived term - since that seems to be
your concern.  Rather, the evidence showed that "blacklist" derives from the
middle ages and relates to witches and black magic.

It was the conclusion of the Horde developers that we are not going to
change a term, that by definition is *exactly* what the functionality does,
due to a misinterpretation of the history of the word by a few people.  As
Jan stated, a search of the mailing list archives provides an easy answer on
how best to change this locally if you like.