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I18N: Add translator context to "Notes" label in Link Manager to disambiguate from editor Notes feature#11402

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I18N: Add translator context to "Notes" label in Link Manager to disambiguate from editor Notes feature#11402
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Summary

Fixes a translation ambiguity where the string "Notes" is used in two distinct UI contexts with different meanings, causing conflicts for translators (e.g. German requires "Anmerkungen" for the Link Manager field vs. "Notiz" for the editor collaborative Notes feature).

Changes

  • src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php — Replaced _e( 'Notes' ) with _ex( 'Notes', 'link manager notes field label' ) and added a /* translators: */ comment on the Notes textarea label in the Link Manager edit screen.

Why

WordPress 6.9 introduced a collaborative "Notes" feature in the block editor. Both it and the pre-existing Link Manager "Notes" field share the same bare translation string, making it impossible for translators to supply different translations for each context. Using _ex() with a context string resolves this ambiguity per WordPress i18n best practices.

Testing

No behavioral change — this is a translation context fix only. Verify by confirming the Link Manager edit screen still renders the "Notes" label correctly.


Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64980


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A commit was made that fixes the Trac ticket referenced in the description of this pull request.

SVN changeset: 62185
GitHub commit: 7919efb

This PR will be closed, but please confirm the accuracy of this and reopen if there is more work to be done.

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