[Compcomm] Deciding a name

[Nicholas Thomas]

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:
>
> We give people 5 days to suggest names. ANY name is welcome to be
> suggested in this period of time. There is no discussion at this
> point. A strict deadline is kept.
>
> After the period is over, the suggestions are posted here, and only
> here. You will all reply to the person in charge (I'll do it if there
> are no objections) and any name receiving more than 2 complaints will
> be removed. There is a 48 hours limit on when to complain. People are
> urged to complain based on similarities and such, not personal taste,
> but no real reason is needed.
>
> After the 48 hours, the revised list is posted again. And another 24
> hour period to complain will commence.
>
> If the list is too large, another 24hour round of complaints will
> commence, where complaints based on taste can be taken into account.
>
> After this 24 hour period is over, the finished list is posted. There
> is no complaint process after this, but a 24 hour cool-down before a
> poll is posted. This is a "just-in-case" period, where people may
> comment, but ideally, it should not affect the final list. The final
> poll is posted after this, and will go on for one week.
>
> This will (yet again) delay the naming process, but there are too many
> good complaints about existing names and the way the poll is handled
> to ignore this problem.
>
> The person in charge of the process should not require a good
> complaint, that's why it is required to have more than just one. A
> short one, like "coral - numerous other projects, see www...com" or
> "Blitz - Radical semi-political organization in Norway and refference
> to WWII" should be enough, even if the person in charge does not agree
> with it being a problem.
>
> Input on this?

Sounds like not-a-plan, because we'll likely end up with no name whatsoever.

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. 

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. 

Incidentally, my favourite bathroom product is Flash... ;)

/Nick