The forum code is set in stone...
If I may get it correctly there's nothing much for you and I to over bug ourselves about theymos changing those things why because they are empty spaces so you can replace whatever you feels like replacing in those spaces without theymos entirely erasing those names as we may think.
I get the point guys, but a change like this would be a nice improvement and will not take a big effort. They don't have to change the code, it is only text. And the fact that 3 of them aren't working anymore should be a good reason to do it.
But i get that point from Igebotz. Proposing changes maybe is a waste of time. I don't know if the forum's new version will come Next Year, but that should be our focus if we want to improve things.
Theymos has his own ways of doing something infact he works in mysterious ways where no one understands him whenever he wants to implement something just like he came up on the 1st of December to announced about mixers so he will come to give update soon. So to me let's wait patiently to see what new year would give birth to from his side, I believe something new is cooking around the corner just waiting for next to unveil itself.