[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  
Resolution:            |    Keywords:           
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Comment (by pfrields):

 Replying to [comment:3 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.

 I did think of another possibility.  Perhaps people who are frequent
 collaborators elsewhere and live on many other #fedora* channels could
 open up a separate connection for #fedora that uses a different nick, and
 set that connection not to use any away or nick change messages.  While
 that would be a pretty big imposition on new users, from what I gather
 most of those folks are not going to fit into this category of sitting in
 many #fedora* channels.

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