What most of the internet knows as 'avatars' are called 'user pictures' by Drupal. In code, this is often abbreviated to 'pictures', which may be quite confusing if people don't know this is about user pictures. To make Drupal more consistent with the rest of the internet and to make the name simpler I suggest we rename 'user pictures' to 'avatars'.

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#3 Rename_to_avatar-3.patch19.68 KBjoyceg

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Tor Arne Thune commented
Version: 7.x-dev » 8.x-dev

Still a valid issue after the release of 7.0. Moving to 8.x.

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joyceg commented
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joyceg commented
Status: Active » Needs review
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xano
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Location Southampton
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Thanks for writing a patch! I don't want to burst your bubble, but I don't think this issue will be accepted. Drupal tends to accept more technically accurate terminology in instead of adopting what the rest of the internet uses. I know I am the one who originally created this issue, but I have changed my mind would say this issue is a won't-fix.

Status: Needs review » Needs work

The last submitted patch, 3: Rename_to_avatar-3.patch, failed testing.

The last submitted patch, 3: Rename_to_avatar-3.patch, failed testing.

Version: 8.0.x-dev » 8.1.x-dev

Drupal 8.0.6 was released on April 6 and is the final bugfix release for the Drupal 8.0.x series. Drupal 8.0.x will not receive any further development aside from security fixes. Drupal 8.1.0-rc1 is now available and sites should prepare to update to 8.1.0.

Bug reports should be targeted against the 8.1.x-dev branch from now on, and new development or disruptive changes should be targeted against the 8.2.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

Version: 8.1.x-dev » 8.2.x-dev

Drupal 8.1.9 was released on September 7 and is the final bugfix release for the Drupal 8.1.x series. Drupal 8.1.x will not receive any further development aside from security fixes. Drupal 8.2.0-rc1 is now available and sites should prepare to upgrade to 8.2.0.

Bug reports should be targeted against the 8.2.x-dev branch from now on, and new development or disruptive changes should be targeted against the 8.3.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

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dpi
Location Perth, Australia
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Assigned: joyceg » Unassigned
Status: Needs work » Closed (won't fix)
Issue tags: +user pictures, +terminology

I don't think this is going to happen either.

If you want to change user exposed terminology on your site you can by changing various label and descriptions of the user picture field. For any strings see Change default strings (text) without using full translation system.

In Drupal 8, having a user picture isn't even a sure thing, since its only pre-installed with 'standard' profile.