I think usually when renaming it comes up, people just start talking about the stuff it should or could be doing, and that branches into a "write a more fully featured plugin" conversation, which then doesn't go anywhere. :(
The AWL has also been around for so long that renaming it would probably just cause more confusion. On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Adam Katz <antis...@khopis.com> wrote: > Theo Van Dinter wrote: >> Then there's the AWL, aka the historical score averager, which has >> some commands via "spamassassin" to do simple manipulation, usually to >> correct undesired entries. The score changes per message, typically. > > Any movement to rename AWL and thus to avoid explaining it so often? > > We could keep the acronym: > * Average Weight Leveler > * Auto-weighting Lean > * Adjust to Widespread Listing > * All Worth (was) Lost > * Assassins We Love > (or mix and match as needed) > > Or replace it altogether: > * Historical Score Averager (HSA) > * Regression to the Mean (RTM or RttM) > * Out-of-bound Adjustor (OOB or OOBA or OA) > * Return to Average (RTA) > * Return to Former Mean (RTFM) > * Historical Off-Target Average Score Standardizer (...) > > I personally like either Average Weight Leveler or Return to Average, > though as somebody who hangs around statisticians, I have a strong > pull towards RttM (and as a Systems Admin, a tendency towards RTFM). >
