Because putting "whining" in the title of such a genuine request would entrench the people ignoring it in the first place, they'll just say "these are not serio

Because putting "whining" in the title of such a genuine request would entrench the people ignoring it in the first place, they'll just say "these are not serious people! We were right in ignoring the request! Who in his/her right mind puts 'whining' in the title of a petition?". As such, calling it an "open letter" might have bigger chances of success, even though (and judging by the responses of many of the people here), I don't think that those chances are that big to begin with. Either way, shameful conduct by the PSF, I used to look up to them ~20 years ago when I started learning Python.