[docutils:bugs] #453 [DOC] generic "admonition" directive also listed as specific

"Günter Milde" via Docutils-develop <[email protected]>
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Thanks for the "nitpicking" - fixed in [r9115].

About translating "admonition": We look for an umbrella term for the specific admonitions
(attention, caution , danger, error, hint, important, note, tip, warning) and similar block elements.

Unfortunately, the English term "admonition" has also the meaning "reproof" (fr: exhortation, de: Ermahnung). Usage in rST does certainly **not** "relate to moral delinquencies" with the object to "prevent further transgression".
A number of translations got this wrong.
Swedish, Russian, and Ukrainean use a term that translates also to "remark", which is a better match for our use case. Other matches would be  translations to "advise", "advisory", "warning note" or similar.


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** [bugs:#453] [DOC] generic "admonition" directive also listed as specific**

**Status:** open
**Created:** Wed Jul 27, 2022 09:53 AM UTC by jfbu
**Last Updated:** Thu Jul 28, 2022 12:20 PM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


I quite probably miss something obvious but [admonition directives documentation](https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/directives.html#admonitions) is not clear in so far as it lists "admonition" as a specific admonition type then describes it as being a generic type (which requires a title).


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