[Compcomm] Deciding a name

[Kristian Lyngstøl]

On 6/10/07, Nicholas Thomas <nick at lupine.me.uk> wrote:
> On Sunday 10 June 2007 19:26, Kristian Lyngstøl wrote:
> > Many people are not satisfied with how we're voting on a name, we
> > should respect that.
> >
> > I therefor suggest we void the current vote, and restart the process.
> > To make it fair and democratic, this is how I suggest we do it:
>> ( .....)
> > Input on this?
>
> Sounds like not-a-plan, because we'll likely end up with no name whatsoever.

Then we need to figure out a new name.

> With the current poll, just under 1/4 of voters aren't happy with the choice
> of names available (i.e. voted "none of these"). And, you know, that's not
> particularly great, but it's not particularly bad, either.

Out of all the voters, I don't care what most of them say, because
most of them are NOT involved with this project except as users.

Rico and Mike have both contributed with actual work, I care more
about their opinion here than random users.

> To keep it short - the arguments against coral as a name are spurious, as has
> been discussed in great detail both here and elsewhere. It's a name, it has
> significant community support, and I think that if the poll ends with it in
> the lead, we should respect that and go ahead with the rename. 9 hours vs. 19
> days... come on.

If it takes 19 days to reach a decision everyone who has actually
ALREADY contributed to the project can be reasonably satisfied with,
then that's a small price to pay. That this wasn't done from the start
is not an excuse.

The poll has put all the "filtering" responsibility on one person, who
hasn't had any set rules helping him. That's not fair for him, or the
community he's working for.

As you should know, I do not care too much about the actual name, but
I do care about the process of picking it. And this vote has been
horribly random, not planned and not agreed upon before it was set up.
In short: it is a forced decision by a minority of the project that
many people are willing to go along with just to get it over with. It
shouldn't be that way.

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Regards,
Kristian