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Hi, |
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I'd like to propose amending Gentoo's CoC through adding the following |
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point: |
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- *Use concise and clear language.* The Gentoo community includes |
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people from all over the world, with varying English skills and |
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available time. |
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Rationale: |
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The primary purpose of communication on Gentoo media is to share |
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information. In order for this goal to be achieved, it is important |
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that the recipients of the message (presumably arbitrary Gentoo users |
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following the mailing lists) can understand these messages. |
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Furthermore, we should note that people don't have infinite time to |
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spend on reading mails. Both sending unnecessarily long mails |
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and using hard to understand language means that both users and |
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developers have to spend ever increasing amount of time to participate |
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or at least follow conversations. Eventually, it means that some |
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people who can't afford to read all the text are excluded. |
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In my opinion, it's also a matter of respecting others and their time. |
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In the extreme case, some people are deliberately participating |
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in the described way in order to waste other people's time, to exclude |
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them if they can't manage to keep up, to push their ideas forward while |
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drowning the opposition in the storm of long replies. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |