w3c / w3c/process

"Wide review" is too easy to confuse with "horizontal review"

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Description

It might be better if we could come up with something more clear, like "public review" or even "public-wide review", to more clearly capture its intent and broad scope? (and to distinguish it more clearly from the undefined, yet, often used 'horizontal review').

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Research direction

No file or test is named. Start by locating the Process Document definition of “Wide review” and checking how “horizontal review” is used; done means agreeing on a clearer term and applying it consistently wherever the existing term appears.

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Assessment

Tech stack
html
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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