--- Toby Bartels toby+wikipedia@math.ucr.edu wrote:
But I haven't been able to edit the talk page yet. It may change further depending on JiL's responses to attempts to convince him to choose a new name volunatarily; but I haven't been able to read his responses yet.)
What do his responses have to do with your opinion on the merits of the name? I would agree with those who caution that the issue should be separate from behaviour. Tim pointed this particularly important bug out to me. Part of maintaining a consistent policy is abstaining from the sideissues -- Just vote on the merits of the name, dagummit thats it.
The real problem issue I see is with the tacit deferment of action on these matters to developers-- like Tim, who's mostly used his conversion script for non-inflammatory changes, and seems a little tender about just getting it over with. This shouldnt be a big deal -- ideally we want people to agree to a change, but barring that, its a conflict between the consensus and the ego of one person. Are sysops *not to enforce a nay vote on a username, always defering to a developer? This puts developers in a bind, because in order for them to make a decision they seem to think they need to get involved. They dont-- they just need to do the bidding of the community.
~S~
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