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DOC: Clarifying pandas.melt method documentation by replacing "massage" by "reshape" #60420

Closed ohe closed 2 days ago

ohe commented 2 days ago

Meanwhile, "massage" is correct in a colloquial sense to mean transforming or reshaping data. This is far from accessible for a non-English speaker (as I am).

Using the term reshape or transform is more meaningful while being accurate.

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mroeschke commented 2 days ago

Thanks @ohe