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"The name appeals to the wrong kind of person — those seeking power" (October 2025)

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Heavy citation pass: specific message IDs, Discourse/wiki links throughout; add 2018 Daemons section; clarify Mitch departure not caused by Daemons proposal

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Add: Oct 2025 rename debate, Jan 2026 bike-shedding thread (Core Member origin), closes sourcing gap

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"Access Member" resolves all three: not grandiose, self-explanatory, and not a lesser "member" — just a different kind."Access Member" resolves all three: not grandiose, self-explanatory, and not a lesser "member" — just a different kind. == The "Rename to be more anarchist" debate…

Create Talk page: full Philanthropist naming debate with primary sources, sourcing notes

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== On the alleged pompousness of "Philanthropist" ==

The main article notes that the name "Philanthropist" attracted criticism. This Talk section preserves the full debate, which turns out to be more philosophically interesting than a simple "some people thought it was pompous."

=== The lizzard position (January 2022) ===

The most-cited objection comes from lizzard on Discourse in January 2022,…

Major revision: correct Associate Member timeline (formal Oct 2013-Nov 2014), add Discourse/ML links, remove 'sub-member' framing, apply editorial feedback

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Not convinced the word "project" bears all that much "impressiveness"

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: And why is it a [[Hack]] [[:Category:Hack]] --[[User:Mcint|Mcint]] ([[User_talk:Mcint|talk]]) [[mw:help:sign|<code><nowiki>--~~</nowiki><nowiki>~~</nowiki></code>]] 17:18, 4 July 2026 (PDT): And why is it a [[Hack]] [[:Category:Hack]] --[[User:Mcint|Mcint]] ([[User_talk:Mcint|talk]])…

Add membership naming history page: documents Stewards→Associate→Council→Philanthropist→Core/Access Member progression 2008-2026

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This page documents the history of how Noisebridge's membership tiers have been named, renamed, and debated since the organization's founding in 2007. The names we use for membership roles are not arbitrary — each change reflects a substantive debate about Noisebridge's values, structure, and identity.

For the current membership process, see…