[Foundation-l] Update on ombudsman issue

[James Hare]

Well, certainly not the most harsh thing Lord Voldemort has ever proposed.
;)

If I owned the User:Ombudsman account, and refused to change it, I probably
wouldn't mind a box at the top of my page.

On 7/20/06, Lord Voldemort <lordbishopvoldemort at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/20/06, Sydney aka FloNight <poore5 at adelphia.net> wrote:
> > I think it should be changed. Too confusing.
> >
> > Could someone write a nicely worded explanation about why it is going to
> be changed on a certain date?
> > Then do it. It will be over and done.
>
> Why not just ask nicely (which has been done before), and if he says
> no, ask him to place a big, flashy, gawdy, super-duper shiny box near
> the top of his pages explaining that he is not the _official_
> ombudsman with a link to the real users' pages.  And if he refuses
> that, tell him sorry, block the account based on an inappropriate
> username, and be on with it.  Too harsh?  --LV
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