To answer the question in the original post of this thread, if the captain of the aircraft says "we're going" then I think it would be reasonable to make a gate area page (perhaps two) which, if there aren't more than a few missing, includes the last name(s) of the passenger(s). If they dont show up to board within 2-3 minutes of making the page then I'd say go ahead with boarding the standby passengers. I've always heard it announced or been told by agents during weather/ATC delays to stay in the gate area as the situation may change at any time and if so boarding would begin immediately.
Just my $0.02 on the "reported as an un-helpful post" bit this was posted in the general discussion forum and was not posted by anyone who had a specific issue or incident with an airline. The OP threw out a topic for discussion and there was an opinion expressed. Good, bad or indifferent it really doesn't matter and it cannot be "unhelpful" because there wasn't an aggrieved person seeking advice about a complaint against an airline.
Stepping off the soap box now.
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