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On 02/03/19 20:38, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: |
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> Kristian Fiskerstrand schrieb: |
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>>>>>> And parts of forums should rather go away sooner than later, given |
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>>>>>> how |
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>>>>>> even |
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>>>>>> moderators take part in highly questionable threads. That mess also |
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>>>>>> reflects on Gentoo as a whole. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> To be more concrete here if we want to put it on the agenda, we're |
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>>>>> talking about OTW only, or are there other categories etc that are |
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>>>>> non-gentoo-related on official communication channels? |
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>>>> My main point is that OTW needs to be nuked from orbit. |
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>>> That seems to be a good place to start in any case |
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>>> |
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>> What are the forum-mods thoughts (as a team) on the matter of non-gentoo |
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>> related, and seemingly inappropriate, discussion happening in the forums? |
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> Those of you who are long enough with Gentoo might remember the drama |
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> around forum members' political user avatars and other forum members |
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> taking offense at those and demanding their censorship, which (iirc) |
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> ultimately lead to retirement of one or more Gentoo developers. |
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> I suggest keeping this in mind before restarting the discussion of what |
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> is allowed on the forums and what not. |
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> On the topic of "reflects on Gentoo as a whole", is there actual |
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> evidence of someone making negative remarks about Gentoo as a whole, |
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> pointing to an OTW threat for the argument? |
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So far as I am aware, none worth noting, present or otherwise. (Those |
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not otherwise worth noting being disgruntled, former, users who were in |
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reality mostly just complaining that people had the temerity to treat |
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rules as though they applied to them; I can think of no reason to |
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consider their remarks to be useful or individually noteworthy.) |
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> A compromise / an alternative to removing OTW (if deemed a bad thing) |
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> would be to limit its public reach by allowing only registered forum |
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> users to access it. |
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Barring objections from other moderators, I have no objections to that |
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compromise. |
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> Best regards, |
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> Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn |
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