[openstreetmap-website] »My« prefixes unnecessary (»My messages«, »My profile«, »My edits«, etc.) (#1163)

[Jan-Christoph Borchardt]

In the user menu on the top right as well as in the tab navigation bar in the user profile, every single item has the prefix »My«. See this (it’s French, but same thing):
![capture du 2016-02-26 13-51-04](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/925062/13352789/08023f62-dc90-11e5-8cc9-bb0de507bad2.png)
Also lower down the section is called »Your friends«.

These prefixes are unnecessary and should be removed because they have several drawbacks:
- they make the items significantly longer to scan
- entries look very similar because they all start with the same word
- they take up more space which can result in layout problems depending on the language
- it’s pretty obvious that a dropdown with my name on it will have »my« settings. Probably not other people’s settings. Same for my own profile. Yeah, I will probably see »my« edits. ;)
- it just feels plain weird nowadays to have these prefixes used. Check this article about the topic on UXmatters: http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2009/07/generating-ideas-your-versus-my-in-user-interfaces.php#wording

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https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/1163
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