[Pidgin] #14549: In Russian translation: when filling in the IRC user details, there is incorrect wording at the GUI

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#14549: In Russian translation: when filling in the IRC user details, there is
incorrect wording at the GUI
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 Reporter:  molchuvka    |        Owner:  elb    
     Type:  translation  |       Status:  pending
Milestone:  2.10.1       |    Component:  IRC    
  Version:  2.9.0        |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:               |  
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Changes (by deryni):

  * status:  new => pending


Comment:

 The username field on the Basic account page is what I was talking about.

 The fact that there is also a username field on the Advanced page is
 unfortunate (and something I think we should fix as best we can).

 Yes. We realize that using different terminology for the main username
 field then people may be expecting might be confusing but the problem is
 that many protocols use different names for that field, many users have
 their own "pet" names for it, etc. We decided, some fairly long time ago,
 to standardize on "username" for that field.

 As I said, and as you can see if you try to add an MSN or Yahoo account,
 protocols can specify more informative text to be displayed in the field
 when it is empty. It would be entirely reasonable, at least as far as I am
 concerned, to have IRC specify "IRC nickname" or some version of that
 there.

 The fact that irc (the protocol) has a username field which isn't the
 nickname is an unfortunate added confusion I will admit but I'm not sure
 there's any reasonable way to avoid that without simply explaining both
 fields in more detail and expecting that people who know the difference
 will figure it out and that people who don't know the difference likely
 don't know (or care) about the Advanced tab's username field.

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