[GH-ISSUE #34] Consider removing 'star' / 'starred' from repo description, docs, and template #23

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opened 2026-03-01 14:39:55 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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Originally created by @bardisty on GitHub (Jul 5, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/34

Just a minor suggestion, as the use of the word star may confuse some users who stumble upon the project. Main reason being, Bookmark Archiver supports a wide array of different bookmark formats/services, where most of them don't use the term star for anything, or if they do it might be used differently. Pinboard is one such case, where you can star any of your bookmarks and view all your starred bookmarks in one place:

The way the project reads currently, one might think it only includes "starred bookmarks". Instead of star, perhaps simply bookmark is a better choice:

- Save an archived copy of all websites you star (the actual content of the sites, not just the list of bookmarks).
+ Save an archived copy of all websites you bookmark (the actual content of the sites, not just the list of bookmarks).

As for the template, Starred could be replaced with Bookmarked or Date; both are equally clear to me.

Originally created by @bardisty on GitHub (Jul 5, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/34 Just a minor suggestion, as the use of the word `star` may confuse some users who stumble upon the project. Main reason being, Bookmark Archiver supports a wide array of different bookmark formats/services, where most of them don't use the term `star` for anything, or if they do it might be used differently. Pinboard is one such case, where you can star any of your bookmarks and view all your starred bookmarks in one place: ![screenshot-1499250869_1652x780](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6248459/27860798-f4503a04-6132-11e7-862f-33e9caa6e074.png) The way the project reads currently, one might think it only includes "starred bookmarks". Instead of `star`, perhaps simply `bookmark` is a better choice: ```diff - Save an archived copy of all websites you star (the actual content of the sites, not just the list of bookmarks). + Save an archived copy of all websites you bookmark (the actual content of the sites, not just the list of bookmarks). ``` As for the template, `Starred` could be replaced with `Bookmarked` or `Date`; both are equally clear to me.

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@pirate commented on GitHub (Jul 5, 2017):

You "Star" a site in the address bar to bookmark it in chrome as well, that's why I thought the language was fairly clear. Seems like that's not the case though, so I'll change it.

@pirate commented on GitHub (Jul 5, 2017): You "Star" a site in the address bar to bookmark it in chrome as well, that's why I thought the language was fairly clear. Seems like that's not the case though, so I'll change it.

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@pirate commented on GitHub (Jul 5, 2017):

Done: 4db3077

@pirate commented on GitHub (Jul 5, 2017): Done: 4db3077

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[PR #23] [MERGED] Create CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md #1036

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