[documentation] Hitchhikers guide to Drupal

[Laura Scott]

-1 for "hitchhikers" which sounds parasitic and reveals a degree of 
contempt. Do we call readers of a book "hitchhikers"? What about readers 
of a blog? Parasites? What about visitors of a community park or drivers 
on a public highway? "Hitchhikers"?

Drupalers has been rather commonly used. Probably better than 
Drupaloids, Drupalists, Drupalniks or Drupalicans. :p

Laura


Kim P. Werker wrote:
>>> "Drupal hitchhikers are regular, layman users..."
>>
>> There is a perception problem here with the word "users" in that 
>> (based on past discussions like this) core contributors tend to 
>> consider users as anyone who uses the software and doesn't contribute 
>> directly back to it. This includes a "Joe User" from 
>> somedrupalsite.com who uses the software to post their daily blog 
>> entry, but it also includes "Joe Web Administrator" who creates sites 
>> using Drupal as a tool. The latter group does not consider themselves 
>> users, but website administrators. So I think this needs to be more 
>> explicit.
>
> What if we just called everyone "Drupalers" -- it sounds funny, but it 
> removes any connotation of type of user. What if it said, "Drupal 
> hitchhikers are everyday Drupalers..."
>
> Kim
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