This is what the orthodox putz guy looks like, if anyone was wondering.
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I think the proper solution woud be to leave the smiley active, but to remove the button in the reply window to automatically add it. That way, it’d remain in old threads, so as not to break the context, but most folks would stop using it in new posts, and eventually, folks would more or less forget about it.
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I second this motion.
In the previous thread on updating the smilies, I said that I would volunteer to help organize and run the voting, once I was back from my research cruise. Well, I’mmm baaa-ack! 
If one of TPTB want to email me, well, y’all know how.