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"BlAck Listed" field name change to "BlOck Listed"?

  • September 9, 2020
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Anyone else notice the "Black Listed" fields have been renamed to "Block Listed"?

 

Not that it makes any difference, just want to make sure I'm not going mad. 

They did used to be named Black Listed, right?? 

 

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    Best answer by Steven_Vanderb3

    I don't believe it was in release notes, but we updated all of our documentation regarding "Blacklists" to say updated naming conventions were coming. The change was part of a minor release last week, which are focused on bug fixes and minor, non-functional changes that don't get their own set of release notes.

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    SanfordWhiteman
    SanfordWhiteman
    Level 10
    September 9, 2020

    Yes, it was in the release notes. Part of industry-wide decisions for more neutral terms.

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      MichelleJ
      Level 1
      September 9, 2020

      Do you know which release notes this was announced? I am trying to pinpoint an announcement of this so that we can be more vigilant next time. I wasn't able to see this here: https://docs.marketo.com/display/public/DOCS/2020

      Steven_Vanderb3
      Adobe Employee
      Steven_Vanderb3Adobe EmployeeAccepted solution
      Adobe Employee
      September 9, 2020

      I don't believe it was in release notes, but we updated all of our documentation regarding "Blacklists" to say updated naming conventions were coming. The change was part of a minor release last week, which are focused on bug fixes and minor, non-functional changes that don't get their own set of release notes.

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        JeffSm6
        Level 6
        February 17, 2021

        I'm just now noticing this, as well. Very strange.

         

        Diffsense.com says: "When used as nouns, blacklist means a list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, whereas blocklist means a list of websites or other material to be blocked." (diffsense.com/diff/blacklist/blocklist)

         

        It seems Marketo decided to move from a term that makes sense in the context of marketing automation to one that doesn't. Hopefully Marketo puts their energy into changes that improve functionality and not changes that create unnecessary confusion.

        SanfordWhiteman
        SanfordWhiteman
        Level 10
        February 17, 2021
        They both mean a collection of items that are flagged as bad.
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