# Delete control point / delete fiducial pop-up - confirm box?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/delete-control-point-delete-fiducial-pop-up-confirm-box/20430>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [October 31, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/delete-control-point-delete-fiducial-pop-up-confirm-box/20430 "2021-10-31T15:10:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/delete-control-point-delete-fiducial-pop-up-confirm-box/20430/18 "2021-11-01T04:41:01Z")

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> [@jamesobutler](#):
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> Renaming “Fiducial” to “Fiducial List” would resolve issues of terminology confusion between “Fiducial” vs “Control Point”

We’ll do this. This need to separate the _machine readable_ markup type (`Fiducial`, `ClosedCurve`, etc.) from what is displayed on the GUI (with better formatting, more clear meaning, translatable to different languages; such as `fiducial list`, `closed curve`) has come up in another discussion already. I’ve added a ticket to track this:

> <https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/5976>
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> It is not clear for users that "Fiducial node" means a "fiducial list". It is no…t nice that a closed curve is referred to as "ClosedCurve node" on the GUI.
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> \## Describe the solution you'd like
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> Use a different string for markup type in code and files (simple machine-readable string, such as \`Fiducial\`, \`ClosedCurve\`) and on the GUI (human-readable, translatable string, such as \`fiducial list\`, \`closed curve\`).
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> \## Describe alternatives you've considered
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> Automatic conversion from CamelCase to space separators could work, but would not be translatable to different languages.
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> \## Additional context
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> https://discourse.slicer.org/t/delete-control-point-delete-fiducial-pop-up-confirm-box/20430/14

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