Kai Henningsen wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fabrizio Polacco) wrote on 23.10.97: > > > Disrespectful language and obscentity disqualify only those that use > > them. Ignoring them is the right thing to do, IMO. > > IMO, it depends entirely on the situation.
Yes, it's true and I agree. I suppose I should have written "the use of Disrespectful language and obscentity with the aim of diminish the others ... disqualify only those that use them." > I don't think you can capture this in a simple rule. > In fact that's why I say that we should not rule this (in a "don't" list). > > * Don't insult other people. Discussion should focus on technical > > issues, not people. I would put this in positive: * Insults move the focus of the discussion from the technical issue to other issues (like anatomy) that are not so interesting to people on this list. > > > > * Don't insult other people's proposals. If you have to resort to > > insults, it makes your technical critique less effective and > > discourages constructive participation. > > Try assuming that the > > other person simply has a different valid perspective or hasn't > > had some experience which might change their mind. * Insult other people's proposals makes your technical critique less effective and discourages constructive participation. Try assuming that the other person simply has a different valid perspective or hasn't had some experience which might change their mind. > > * Be courteous. Try assuming the best of other list participants > > and try to minimize the risk of hurting other people's feelings > > when creating messages. > > > > If you feel someone is violating these guidelines to an extent > > that is disruptive to the WG, you may use the traditional > > technique of "shunning." > > A mailing list participant is shunned by: > > (1) Assuming other list participants did not read posts by the > > offender > > (2) Never responding directly to posts by the offender > > (3) Never quoting text from posts by the offender > > (4) For extreme cases, you may privately encourage other list > > participants to shun the offender. > > The purpose of shunning is to minimize disruption to the WG > > without creating new administrative procedures or restricting > > list participation. > > > > Shunning is a voluntary grassroots action. > > The WG chair will not make a public post to this list encouraging > > shunning of a specific individual. > > The WG Chair will not deliberately ignore appropriate WG procedure > > questions raised by any list participant. > > I like this set of rules. They don't impose anything while giving an effective way to isolate the intruder. Fabrizio -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Pluto Leader - Debian Developer & Happy Debian 1.3.1 User - vi-holic | 6F7267F5 fingerprint 57 16 C4 ED C9 86 40 7B 1A 69 A1 66 EC FB D2 5E > Just because Red Hat do it doesn't mean it's a good idea. [Ian J.]
