Geoff Burling wrote:
Done.
Adam [name omitted for privacy reasons] wrote:
You removed Helga's name -- now remove mine.
By doing this, has Adam/Lir's name been editted from the mail archive, or was she/he merely unsubscribed?
Oh, just unsubscribed. I didn't take him to mean that. Perhaps I was mistaken.
And yes, I know this horse is dead; I'll stop beating it.
Lir's behavior is often difficult for me to understand. For most users, I would think that sending a big "f**k you all" email to the list would be sufficient grounds for people to start talking about banning, but of course with Lir, there's been no general protest because we're all more or less tired of the whole scene to the point that we're really past caring.
If Lir wants to go away, that's fine with me.
If Lir wants his real name purged from the mailing list archives (and I can understand why he might, given the whole history, and presumably he's going to be applying to grad. school or jobs soon enough, so he might not want all that stuff out there on the net about him under his real name) then I will do it for him personally as a friendly gesture. I see no harm in it, and especially if it helps him to find peace, I'm all for it.
If Lir wants "Lir" purged from the mailing list, it would take some convincing for me to want to do that. It's actually a fair amount of work to go through and do it.
--Jimbo