You could propose to take over maintaining the FAQ.
I have been considering this, indeed.
God forbids such disaster!
:-|
[1] In the application to the used common name of the scripted
language.
First of all comp.lang.javascript is a Big 8 newsgroup with a publicly
voted group charter and group description. Both of them are stating
that this group is/was/will about "Netscape Communications Corp.'s
JavaScript language." That means that "JavaScript" as an accepted name
is always allowed here. Whoever cannot live with it is welcome to
leave this group and apply for a new one with the corresponding
charter and description. That is not disputable: not because VK says
so but simply because the Usenet works this way and not other way
around.
This way the discussion can be about the best common term _suggested_
but not implied in this newsgroup as of year 2008. As much as I
understand your criticism, you are suggesting to exclude "javascript"
term in any spelling in whole and use "ECMAScript-compliant
implementations" instead. Is it correct?
However low chance to pass such proposal would have, you still can
initiate the discussion as stated at
http://www.jibbering.com/faq/index.html#FAQ5_2
If the majority of responses sustain your proposal then it would give
you the right to correct term usage in further posts without referring
to your personal opinion which is obligatory now and until that point.
That means no "use the right term!" from your side but only "in my
most strong personal opinion, the right term is..." and similar.
[2] FAQ updates
Randy Webb is the current FAQ Maintainer - with all unpaid hassles
such position does imply - but he is neither FAQ Maker nor His Majesty
FAQ Issuer nor anything like that.
c.l.j. FAQ has a very long history with some texts and samples going
back to 1996. It doesn't mean that they cannot be changed anymore, of
course not, it just unfair to hold the current FAQ Maintainer
responsible for each piece.
See
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.javascript/msg/8954de60cffe6dab
Randy Webb became the next FAQ Maintainer after the public discussion
and voting
See
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.javascript/msg/d195acb5725d8872
If you consider his activity as insufficient you may start a separate
FAQ*ENTRY stating what exactly is insufficient and who and why would
be better on this position.