Could it not be changed to open or create request? Both seem better than someone requesting to lodge at the maintainers house :-) On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 9:18 PM Xavion <xavion.0@gmail.com> wrote:

On 20 November 2015 at 13:22, <notify@aur.archlinux.org> wrote:

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fckinshitag [1] filed a deletion request for b43-firmware [2]:

i want this file

[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/fckinshitag/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/b43-firmware/

​ ​Okay, I see what's going on here. This guy has interpreted the "File Request" link (i.e. in the "Package Actions" section of each package ​'s AUR webpage​ ) as being a way of requesting a file (i.e. the package in this case).

To prevent this kind of mixup in future, I would recommend that ​said link be renamed to "Lodge Request". I don't think anyone would be dumb enough to ​ interpret this as a way of requesting lodging at ​the maintainer's residence. ​

The word file is a fine word to use and is used correctly. As a verb, file means to make application (to file a complaint; to file for a job; to file a request).  Since this follows a definition of the word, I see no reason to have it need to be changed. Mark Weiman On Fri, 2015-11-20 at 17:26 +1100, Xavion wrote:

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Could it not be changed to open or create request?

Both seem better than someone requesting to lodge at the maintainers house :-)

It could be changed to "Eat sh!t and die" for all I care: just get rid of that word "file" and I'll be happy.  I can't fathom why anyone would use "file" to mean "lodge" when the central topic is computer files.