[irc-support-sig] #61: nick change policy is incongruent with other #fedora- channel conventions

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#61: nick change policy is incongruent with other #fedora- channel conventions
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Reporter:  duffy     |       Owner:           
    Type:  feedback  |      Status:  new      
Priority:  major     |   Milestone:  Fedora 14
 Version:            |    Severity:  Neutral  
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 My IRC nick is: mizmo

 Please describe what action or positive change could be adopted based on
 this feedback:

 -afk and -away nick changes are a pretty standard convention in many of
 the #fedora- channels (for example, #fedora-admin, #fedora-devel, #fedora-
 design).

 My guess is because if I'm in say #anaconda working with that team, I do
 not want to get interrupted by private pings and pings from other
 channels. There is no option to quit IRC, and people do ignore /away
 messages, especially depending on their client.

 The current FAQ nick change policy is in incongruent, then, with the
 conventions that are pretty standard in #fedora- and other upstream free
 software project channels. If someone active in many #fedora- channels has
 to leave #fedora every time they want to change their nick, it's not
 likely they will stick around.

 On the other hand, folks using /nick changes for silliness like /nick joe-
 ohmygod-i-ate-a-sandwich or changing their nick 20 times within the space
 of 5 minutes are being reasonably distracting.

 My suggestion is that you update your nick changing policy to allow for
 standard #fedora- conventions, while flagging obvious abuses like rapid
 nick changes or silly nick changes.

 (Although once in a while a little silliness wouldn't hurt)

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