btw. When a newbie to D raises ideas, suggestions, etc... and you counter them with (in essence) 'we don't need that in D, but go write a dip if you think we do' attitude, is a real turn off.
yeah it seems like the community is closed off for feedback, which is concerning. namespaces/static classes are a net positive for the language, and they've been shown to be an extremely good features, being implemented in Kotlin, C#, and C++.
if the language wants to gain more people it needs to evolve