[irc-support-sig] #61: nick change policy is incongruent with other #fedora- channel conventions
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Fri Jun 17 12:26:55 UTC 2011
#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
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment (by pfrields):
Replying to [comment:2 duffy]:
> I think it's not really feasible to change the nick changing conventions
across all #fedora- channels, let alone the many upstream development
channels I'm a part of. It's just not going to happen and is not a viable
solution if you want folks involved in other areas of Fedora to
participate in #fedora. It seems to serve to maintain the insular status
quo.
This is an important point, because one of the most frequent issues
#fedora helpers have stated repeatedly in the past is that they would like
more participation there (and thus sharing of the load).
''...snip...''
> I do not understand why nick changes can't be silenced, either with a
channel setting or individual's client settings if they are that
distracting.
''...snip...''
In some clients they can be silenced (like irssi); others aren't as smart.
Fedora friends who frequent a substantial number of channels do have a
right to be able to inform their collaborators and teammates of their
status in some way. This can either be done with a nick change (tom_afk)
or by setting an away message (/away Back tomorrow 2011-07-01). Abusing
either is annoying and should be dealt with firmly but fairly.
Disallowing both is unfair to people who are active collaborators.
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