> > Changing the group display name wouldn't change any links. > > This is the main point, I think. In this thread, and the one linked to by Sam Lai, the main objection was link rot. Despite how strongly this was asserted, this isn't an objection, as renaming a group doesn't change any URLs.
Russ's statement that "you can't fix a social problem with technology", while in itself obiviously highly debateable*, is not really relevant. This isn't an attempt to fix social problems, it's just doing something to help avoid confusion. And it's not really a technological solution, it's just renaming something. If it were called The Carly Simon Fan Club we shouldn't be surprised that Carly Simon fan(s?) started posting, and we wouldn't then hesitate to rename it just because we can conceive that some people might still misinterpret the name we changed it to. This is not as extreme as that, but the same logic applies. *Loads* of people make the same mistake. Why don't we try changing the name for six months and see whether the confusion lessens? * Social problem: people who've never met want to be able to communicate on the record to collaborate on a common project. Technological answer: Google Groups. My point: "social problem" is too vague a term for this. You can't fix every social problem, but you can name things less confusingly. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/c37f24d7-1464-45b1-94ce-fa117c513534%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
