[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 duffy):

 Hi Randy / dp67 / N3LRX,

 ''I see one problem with nick changing, some will abuse it, and some
 already do.''

 Please refer to the original ticket text:

 "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. "

 ''Nick changing is not only annoying its pointless.''

 Please refer to the original ticket text:

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

 ''If your client does not detect away users by greying them out in the
 user list or by some other means then maybe you should get a client that
 does. ''

 Please refer to the original ticket text:

 "people do ignore /away messages, especially depending on their client. "

 My client handles away messages minimally. It greys out people's nicks in
 the user list. However, if you directly query someone who is /away, it
 does not give you notification that they are away (xchat)

 However, my client, or the client of anyone who is set /away in hopes of
 not receiving pings, is not at issue here. It is the clients of people who
 contact me when I am unwilling to be contacted, and I have no control over
 the clients others use.

 Not a workable solution, but thanks for trying.

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Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/irc-support-sig/ticket/61#comment:8>
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