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Mike Doty wrote: [Thu May 18 2006, 02:41:03PM CDT] |
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> The flamewars on public communication channels is out of hand. it's |
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> having an negative effect in many parts of gentoo, even those that are |
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> not directly affected by the said war. This is something that urgently |
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> needs to be addressed. |
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I disagree. I don't see a flamewar, but a spirited discussion. As for |
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it having a negative effect "in many parts of gentoo", perhaps such a |
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blanket statement deserves some evidence? Which areas? How many is |
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many? |
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> So, here is my proposal. I hope it's not the only one. |
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Fair enough, I'll add mine: do nothing other than urge politeness and do |
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one's utmost to separate vitriol and opinion from fact. |
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> creation of a etiquette enforcement group. This group should be a |
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> subproject of devrel, but should not be made up of devrel members. I |
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> say this because the actions and powers of this group need to be |
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> separated from devrel. |
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Just as a logical point, exactly what authority does devrel have over |
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non-devs? Seems like the wrong project to me. Perhaps userrel? |
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That aside, I think censoring is unwise, and I certainly won't support |
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it. Of course, I have no actual power, but I'll argue vociferously |
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against any such plan. There's a marked difference between automated |
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spamming of a mailing list (which, of course, would result in access |
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being suspended) and somebody being annoying. |
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I'm not a wholly unreasonable person, I don't think, and I disagree that |
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things are out of hand. Were your proposal in effect, we would be |
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censoring on cases where reasonable people disagree. I think that's far |
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too low a bar to set. |
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Respectfully, |
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g2boojum |
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Grant Goodyear |
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Gentoo Developer |
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g2boojum@g.o |
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http://www.gentoo.org/~g2boojum |
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