Related thread: http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-5823350/amnestic-amnesiac
So the general staff consensus for this seemed to be "make amnestics the go-to word, don't actively try to fix older articles to change "amnesiac" out but let community members do so as they will, if authors have a preference they can revert edits/ask for a page lock/put in an invisible coding edit note".
Per this comment from the mainsite discussion:
My proposal is that staff does nothing proactive, but lets users make those edits at their leisure. Treat someone editing 'amnesiacs' to 'amnestics' like any other SPAG edit. As for authorial preference, the site rules state "You may undo edits to your own articles at will."
Anyway, most people weighed in already but I want to get a more formal count/vote in, since adopting the above will also mean changing one of the site's "how-to" pages. Code for the vote is here:
//Shall we adopt the above policy with regards to the amnestics/amnesiacs standard?//
||~ Yes ||~ No ||
|| X || X ||I've set the timer up for a week, but we can adjust as necessary:
NOTE: Junior Staff on the Site Criticism and Forum Criticism teams may vote in this thread.