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Alex Tarkovsky wrote: |
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> By trying to silence parties involved in a disagreement you only force their |
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> differences to manifest in less desirble ways. And when that happens, things |
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> tend to get really ugly and it inevitably reflects back on Gentoo. |
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> Also, brushing things over to private email and private blogs is not always the |
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> answer because the issues behind these disagreements often involve (and just as |
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> importantly, affect) more than 2 people. Just because Daniel Robbins might now |
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> be taking things over to his private blog doesn't mean you no longer have to |
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> deal with the issues he attempted to have a public discussion about. |
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> Gentoo should provide an official venue where developers (and ex-developers and |
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> users) can talk out their disagreements, and under a few plainly spelled-out and |
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> easily enforceable guidelines designed to keep the discourse somewhat civil. |
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That's an interesting idea. It would be nice to have a discussion ML, which |
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would have one simple rule enforced. Any discussion _must_ follow formal |
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logic rules. |
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Ensuring that rule is followed could be done in a few different ways. |
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One example: |
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There would be a small group overseeing discussion, and, solely on the |
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basis of formal logic rules, would, for example, suspend a person for a day, |
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in case of violations. |
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Of course, enforcement rules could be slightly more complex. i.e. |
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2-hour ban for any ad-hominem attack. Two warnings for logic errors, |
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day ban for third one. Or something. These are details that need to |
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be worked out, tested, re-hashed, etc. |
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This would result in a list that would force people to discuss the actual |
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issue (technical, or otherwise), as opposed to do doing all sorts of mud |
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flinging, and, due to temporary bans, would prevent any discussion |
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from deteriorating into flame fest. |
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