I mostly agree with your points, though I wouldn't quite take so harsh a stance.

The upvote request irked me too; although it simply cancelled out the ++ for me, so I voted nothing.

I do think the point is a good one to raise, because names can be important - even though I do not think we should change the name "regex". It is just too ingrained for a successful attempt to change it and the meaning too long ago lost on the "general public" for a change to have any meaning.

Personally I like the change in Camel 3rd Ed to "pattern matching". That is both an old term as well as an accurate one. I'll try to stick to that.

Makeshifts last the longest.