On Tue, 2019-06-11 at 10:56 +1000, Rebecca wrote: > yes! it is an informal request rather than anything defined by the > rules, i dont know why we say it that way.
It used to be a rules-defined action. People kept the phrasing once the rule in question got repealed, and the Arbitor kept honouring the requests anyway even though there was no longer a legal requirement to do so. -- ais523
