On Tuesday 17 April 2007 23:42:36 Wernfried Haas wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 11:35:01PM +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > I just hope we are not going to get overly 'precious' about this CoC > > thing, which btw, I note contains the colloquial phrase 'If you screw > > up ...'. That sort of lazy slang language has no place in the official > > document set of any self-respecting organisation. Might I suggest it be > > replaced by something akin to 'If you discover you have made as mistake > > ...'. Also I noticed a simple typo: s/noone/no one/ in the previous > > paragraph. > > Thanks for the input, the council already asked us to go over it and > do some rewording/a more positive approach/etc. We'll keep your > suggestions in mind, too.
You might find reading the Debian, and particularly, the Ubuntu Code of Conduct a worth-while execise. http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct I find it interesting that the mainstream media have also started publishing Codes of Conduct for their comment blogs. -- CS -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list