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== A note about 'renaming' == | == A note about 'renaming' == | ||
A temperament or other concept does not necessarily need to be completely renamed, in order to solve its problems. Often, it may be sufficient to just add a new name, and use the new name moving forwards, but not deprecate the old one. | A temperament or other concept does not necessarily need to be completely renamed, in order to solve its problems. Often, it may be sufficient to just add a new name, and mainly use the new name moving forwards, but not deprecate the old one. | ||
In such a case, | In such a case, [[composer]]s and [[:Category:Theorists|scholars]] moving forwards can choose to use the new name in order to avoid the ambiguity, confusion and colonialist vibes the old name created. While old [[software]], old theory [[The Library|papers]] and old [[Listen|music]] under the old name won't make people confused, because they won't have abandoned the old name, it will still be listed there as an "also known as" on the wiki page. | ||
In most cases, this | In most cases, this could be the best approach to take to minimise the shock of a name change. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||