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On 6/4/19 3:15 PM, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote: |
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> I looked at the links a bit, but there's very little substance there. Does |
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> anyone want to give some more context and background? |
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There are several elements being discussed; but noting, in no particular |
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order, some of them; |
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(a) The forums are hosted on Gentoo infra and in the name of the |
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distribution, but there is a very split user and developer base; are the |
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forums properly moderated wrt (i) CoC (ii) legal liability / copyrights |
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(iii) potential PR issues towards the distribution for user contributed |
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content; |
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(b) Part of (a) discussion is appeals process, so a user banned from |
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forums can appeal a ban to other parts (comrel, council), so a decision |
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with regards to forums also affects other projects / groups within the |
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distribution. Is the additional overhead worthwhile? |
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(c) The discussion has mostly focused on OTW (Off-The-Wall) section of |
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the forums, one argument for keeping it is it is a convenient place for |
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moderators to move threads that are started in other forums but doesn't |
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belong there instead of deleting it, and keeping off-topic discussion in |
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separate threads minimize the noise for the rest of forums. |
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