@WilliamTotland -- Thank you for the lead about 月見里 in your comment. :) I've done a bit more research and updated the etymology in the English Wiktionary entry.
@snailboat, thank you for finding that post by Anna Lear! Looks like things here are back to normal. :)
@Will There already is a pop-up note every time someone casts a downvote encouraging them to leave a comment. If they ignore that, I'm not sure there's much more a moderator can do.
Japanese Language Moderator Election …
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