V9: Removed manic from greetings

[lassefredslund]

Removed manic from greetings

[leekelleher]

@lassefredslund I applaud the replacement for positive language. 👍
(Although noting for context that the original was a joke on The Bangles song - in the spirit of Umbraco's 6.13% crazy 😝)

Taking a cursory look at the other language files, I noticed the following - running them through Google Translate...

• Czech
  Šťastné šílené pondělí = Happy crazy Monday
  https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/release-9.5.1/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/cs.xml#L869

• Japanese
  ハッピー マニアック月曜日 = Happy Maniac Monday
  https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/release-9.5.1/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/ja.xml#L572

• Dutch
  Fijne manische maandag = Happy Manic Monday
  https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/release-9.5.1/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/nl.xml#L972

• Polish
  Szczęśliwego maniakalnego poniedziałku = Happy manic Monday
  https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/release-9.5.1/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/pl.xml#L687

• Russian
  Понедельник — день тяжелый... = Monday is a hard day...
  https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/release-9.5.1/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/ru.xml#L810

• Swedish
  (no translation, literal English) Happy manic Monday
  https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/release-9.5.1/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/sv.xml#L552

• Chinese (Simple)
  (I assume a mistake?) 星期二快乐 = happy tuesday
  https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/release-9.5.1/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/zh.xml#L592

• Chinese (Taiwan)
  瘋狂星期一快樂 = happy crazy monday
  https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/release-9.5.1/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/config/lang/zh_tw.xml#L583

I'm not an expert in those languages and wouldn't feel confident altering these localizations and submitting a pull request for them.

[simonech]

I kind hate that the "cancel culture" is affecting Umbraco...
I wish you focused on fixing issues that really matter instead

[lassefredslund]

Thanks @leekelleher and @simonech for your comments and yes, I’m fully aware that there is a history around a word like this and that this funny/loose/crazy approach is part of how we like to communicate (and which I found appealing myself when I first discovered Umbraco back in 2008).
In this case, we’ve been contacted by users who have a mental illness close to them and I found it respectful to change this word – and believe we fixed something that really matters to someone.

[simonech]

Seems like when some troll complained that the santa claus icon for VSCode was offensive to Jews and some MS employee removed immediately and cause an uproar in the MS community and had the VS Code issue tracker spammed with 100s of issues and PR reverting it back. Hopefully it doesn’t happen for this change :)

[simonech]

No doubt this matter to someone, but with “something that matters” I meant, there are real CMS issues pending since years, and none fixes them…

[c9mb]

@simontech - Sorry, but I don't understand why changes acknowledging and eliminating offense/disrespect/hurt to others are labeled as 'cancel culture'. For me, the question should never be one of 'why change?' but rather one of 'why not change?'.

[simonech]

@simontech - Sorry, but I don't understand why changes acknowledging and eliminating offense/disrespect/hurt to others are labeled as 'cancel culture'. For me, the question should never be one of 'why change?' but rather one of 'why not change?'.

I'm hurt that the reference to the '80s song and that reminds memories of my youth and that many of editors find amusing had been removed.
I don't see why Manic Monday would offend someone.

Then why not remove "thunderous Thursday" if someone complains they are afraid of thunders? Or "tubular Tuesday" since now tubular tyres in bikes are a thing of the past and I get shivering down my spine just thinking of the pain they caused to my poor hands in the past?

Considering that these greetings can be customised by users, I'd not change the Umbraco cultural references but point people to how they can change it themselves.
https://our.umbraco.com/Documentation/Fundamentals/Backoffice/Login/

[c9mb]

I'm not offended by much, but I also don't care if someone is and asks for change - if change doesn't cause me a problem, and it removes one for someone else, then why not.

Personally, I find the whole 'friendly' thing a bit cringe-worthy - it's CMS software not a best-friends chat-site - and if it were my choice, I'd just remove the defaults entirely, and leave them as optional.

[simonech]

@c9mb that could have made better sense as PR than removing the default old greeting that has a whole story behind it.
I guess I'll make a PR to make the "friendly" greeting as optional (or on by default with possibility to disable them)