[WikiEN-l] New York City

Mon May 10 06:57:08 UTC 2004

Rick wrote:

> The poll at [[Talk:New York, New York]] on whether or not to move the 
> name of the city to [[New York City]] is over.  The vote was 17 for 
> and 15 against.  Hardly a consensus.  If I tried to use that vote 
> percentage as justification for deleting anything from VfD, people 
> would be after me to remove my sysop status as a violation of 
> consensus.  But [[User:Nohat]] has taken it upon himself to 
> unilaterally move the page.  I have moved it back twice now, and will 
> do it one more time in the 24 hour period, if necessary.  This is a 
> direct violation of the naming convention for US cities and a 
> violation of the meaning of consensus.

Shouldn't this discussion be taking place on the relevant talk page 
rather than the mailing list?

Ec