sebbacon/alaveteli — Issue #301: "show quoted sections" is misleading
Author: bjh21
Created: 2011-11-30 23:15:49+00:00
State: open

When Alaveteli chooses to hide part of a message, the hidden part is replaced by a link labelled "show quoted sections". This is misleading because it's not only quotations that are hidden by this code. It deliberately tries to hide some disclaimers and frequently accidentally hides useful content. I would suggest that the link text should be something like "show rest of message". On WhatDoTheyKnow, users frequently don't realise that their answers are hidden behind "show quoted text"; I hope that a clearer link might reduce this.

What the link should say instead of "hide quoted sections" is a bit trickier. I suppose "show less of message" would be accurate, if a bit strange.