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.

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