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On Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 10:06:53AM -0500, Aaron W. Swenson wrote: |
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> On Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 05:15:30AM +0200, Andreas K. Hüttel wrote: |
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> >> Please respond to this message with agenda items. Do not hesitate to |
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> >> repeat your agenda item here with a pointer if you previously |
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> >> suggested one (since the last meeting). |
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> >I would like to propose the council consider shutting down the "Off the Wall" |
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> >(OTW) forum on forums.gentoo.org permanently and without replacement. |
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> >Rationale: |
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> >* provides zero value to the distribution |
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> >* large parts of the content are toxic and not something I (and others) wish |
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> > Gentoo to be associated with |
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> >* it caters to a set of users somewhat distinct from the rest of the forums |
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> > (e.g., >5000 posts in OTW, <100 elsewhere) |
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> >* forum moderators have made clear they are not going to fulfill their roles |
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> > (e.g., regarding the code of conduct) in OTW, following a similar discussion |
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> > one year ago |
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> >This leaves us with two options: |
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> >1) shut down OTW |
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> >or |
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> >2) replace or supplement forum moderators with people willing to fulfill the |
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> > moderator role in OTW |
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> I propose a third and fourth option here: Make it a privileged area, or split |
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> off to a Religion & Politics forum. |
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Hi, Aaron. |
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We (Gentoo), via the council, have somewhat made this happen by |
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restricting access to OTW for registered users only. There has been no |
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discussion over the user acknowledgement portion though. |
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Overall, I don't think this fits Gentoo. Please see my reply to Alec's |
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message. The content/subjects in OTW are not supportive of Gentoo in any |
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fashion. For me, this relates directly to the other projects, sponsors, |
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and donators that make Gentoo a reality. I do not believe any of these |
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individuals would support such content being paid for/hosted by donated |
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hardware/bandwidth/etc. |
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> Additionally, it makes the forum private so the topics therein won't come up in |
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> searches, but will still be publicly available. This should minimize non-Gentoo |
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> user participation. |
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This happened. See above. |
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Cheers, |
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Aaron |
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