On 21-05-13 11:37, Norbert Preining wrote: > Hi all, > > On Di, 21 Mai 2013, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> 1. Do not flame, use foul language, or in general be abusive or >> disrespectful towards other people on the mailinglists or elsewhere > > And who defines that?
The community as a whole. > If you can give me a definition of "foul language" or "abusive" > or "disrespectful" I would be happy. > > The old code of conduct was only containing "foul", which also > was already too much. Nobody can be declared authorative in > deciding what is foul/abusive language. Actually, if you read it carefully, you'll find that the first item in our current code of conduct reads as follows: The mailing lists exist to foster the development and use of Debian. Non-constructive or off-topic messages, along with other abuses, are ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ not welcome. I've simply merged it with some other items into one "be polite" guideline. Yes, it's hard to spot; the current code of conduct doesn't read very well. It's part of the reason why I want to revise it ;-) > Short example: People from Siena (Italy) have a tendency for strong > words, very strong words. And between friends it is very common. > What is foul/abusive here? It is certainly true that it is very hard to define "foul" or "abusive" language, which is why I'm not attempting to do that. There's a fairly large gray area between "polite behaviour" and "abusive behaviour", which includes things like late-night emotional messages that one regrets the day after, cultural differences, and unwanted puns that could be construed to be offensive. I think any code of conduct should be interpreted to allow people to make mistakes. This is why I added another paragraph explaining what to do when people fail to adhere to the CoC, stressing that they may have a bad day or may be unaware of any offensive intent. Do you think I should clarify that some more? -- This end should point toward the ground if you want to go to space. If it starts pointing toward space you are having a bad problem and you will not go to space today. -- http://xkcd.com/1133/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/519b4cd0.2060...@debian.org
