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From: Mike Doty <kingtaco@g.o>
To: gentoo-devrel@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-devrel] RFC: etiquette enforcment
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 20:16:11
Message-Id: 446CD61A.9060501@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-devrel] RFC: etiquette enforcment by Thomas Cort
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4 Thomas Cort wrote:
5 > On Thu, 18 May 2006 14:41:03 -0500
6 > Mike Doty <kingtaco@g.o> wrote:
7 >> The flamewars on public communication channels is out of hand. it's
8 >> having an negative effect in many parts of gentoo, even those that are
9 >> not directly affected by the said war. This is something that urgently
10 >> needs to be addressed.
11 >
12 > I agree. Your suggestion is great!
13 >
14 >> Sometimes people need a bigger kick in the ass though, which is where a
15 >> short term ban helps. When I say a short term ban, I mean 30-90
16 >> minutes. it allows everyone to cool off without them using bad judgment
17 >> and popping back in. I do similar enforcement in #-amd64 and it works
18 >> very well.
19 >
20 > A short term ban is a good idea, it lets people know they did something wrong without interrupting their development work. May I suggest that it only be a ban on sending mail to the list, not recieving it. It would be a pain for someone who was banned to have to search through the archives to find all of the messages within a specific time window.
21 interesting thought, I'll poke people about this.
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