This was a pull request merged several months ago. You asked for
clarification about where the change set was, and I told you where it was.

You appear to be laboring under the misunderstanding that you wield veto
power over discussions which have already occurred. You do not.

We're done here.

-- Emma

On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Philippe Cloutier <chea...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Emma,
>
> 2017-10-09 4:03 GMT-04:00 Emma Humphries <e...@mozilla.com>:
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 8:44 AM, Filipus Klutiero via governance
> > <governance@lists.mozilla.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Emma,
> >>
> >> On 2017-01-05 03:15, Emma Humphries wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The motivation is that while we have a mechanism (comment tagging) for
> >>> marking abusive, spam, and off-topic comments, which, in some cases,
> will
> >>> result in suspending an account automatically, I wanted to be more
> >>> deliberate about responding to these.
> >>
> >>
> >> Sorry, you want to be more deliberate about responding to what?
> >
> >
> > More deliberate in responding to comments tagged as abuse, spam, or
> > off-topic.
>
>
> Ah, I understand. Sorry, thank you.
>
> >
> >>
> >> The pull request you linked to shows 60 commits... I tried checking the
> >> overall result by using the "Files changed" tab, but that only shows 1
> file
> >> changed, with 1 line removed. Am I doing something wrong or is there an
> >> issue?
> >
> >
> > It's an artifact of the merge. The edits were incorporated as
> > https://github.com/mozilla-bteam/bmo/commit/
> 1cb4e01a265c94284a08b8df6555b6932fc37b73#diff-
> c34b7ae908d338d52cde89fa58422e24
>
>
> Ah, the changes can indeed be seen that way. Thanks, here are the
> regressions I spotted.
>
>
> + <td colspan="2">
> + I have read <a href="page.cgi?id=etiquette.html">[% terms.Bugzilla
> %] Etiquette</a>
> + and the <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/about/governance/policies/
> participation/">Mozilla
> Community Participation Guidelines</a>
> + and agree to abide by them.
> + <input type="checkbox" id="etiquette" value="agreed">
> + </td>
>
> I contextually oppose this. I do not oppose requiring contributors to
> read some guidelines, but the Bugzilla Etiquette would need a serious
> review before being given such exposure and making reception of issue
> reports dependent on its acceptance by reporters.
>
>
> + It is our intention that [% terms.Bugzilla %] remain a useful tool
> for reporting
> + and commenting on [% terms.bugs %], feature requests, and tasks for
> the Mozilla community.
>
> English is not my native language, but I guess "remain" should read
> "remains" (third person singular).
>
>
> + In addition, your participation on this site is also subject to the
> + <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/about/governance/policies/participation
> ">Mozilla
> Community Participation Guidelines</a>.
>
> This sounds redundant ("In addition", "also").
>
>
> + <span class="heading">No pointless comments</span>.
> + Limit comments on a [% terms.bug %] to information which will help with
> + resolving it. Unless requested, additional "I see this too" or "It
> works for me"
> + comments are unnecessary.
>
> It is unclear what existing comments "additional" refers to. I realize
> that the current version is already imperfect, but this is even more
> problematic.
>
>
> + <span class="heading">No whining about decisions</span>.
> + If another project contributor has marked a [% terms.bug %] as
> INVALID, then it is
> + invalid. Filing another duplicate of it does not change this. Unless you
> have
> + further evidence to support reopening a [% terms.bug %], do not post a
> comment
> + arguing that a [% terms.bug %] resolved as INVALID or WONTFIX should
> be reopened.
>
> This is by far the most important regression. Let me first describe
> the proposed new paragraph. There are 2 issues, one with content and
> one with phrasing.
>
> In terms of content, that is pretty much like saying that existing
> contributors cannot be wrong, only the prospect. I have seen many
> thousands of issue reports in numerous projects, and I would estimate
> that at least 5% of those flagged as invalid are valid. This problem
> seems to be even worst at Mozilla.
>
> But phrasing makes this paragraph not merely ridiculous, but
> insulting. The verb "to whine" has a negative connotation. Using this
> phrasing would be calling those who report erroneous manipulations
> "whiners".
> Secondarily, the meaning of "further" is unclear.
>
> And there is even an issue with scope. The heading discusses
> unspecified decisions, so presumably decisions in general. The first
> sentence implies the decisions are marking reports as invalid. But
> then the last sentence talks about WONTFIX.
>
> I strongly recommend to scrap this paragraph. If there is concern
> about a high number of problematic comments, please start by
> specifying which.
>
> Now, I understand that this paragraph is close to a previous version,
> and it doesn't make sense for the previous version to refer
> specifically to a "respected project contributor", but fixing that
> makes the paragraph even less acceptable.
>
> + If you think a comment may violate our policies, but your are not
> sure how to mark it,
> + tag the comment <b><i>admin</i></b> and a moderator will review it.
>
> s/your are/you are/
>
>
> +<p>
> + If a [% terms.bug %]'s short-description, whiteboard tags, attachments,
> + or user-created content other than comments that violate the
> + <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/about/governance/policies/
> participation/">Mozilla
> Community Participation Guidelines</a>
> + or [% terms.Bugzilla %] Etiquette, please describe the issue
> + in a comment and tag that comment <b><i>admin</i></b>.
> +</p>
>
> Something is wrong at the beginning of this sentence.
>
>
> + <li>
> + Send email to <a
> href="mailto:bmo-m...@mozilla.com";>bmo-m...@mozilla.com</a> with
> + the [% terms.bug %] number and a short description of the situation.
> + </li>
>
> There should also be a link to the archives of that list (as with the
> other reference added).
>
>
> + If you have IRC you may also contact the on-duty staff member in the
> #bmo channel on irc.mozilla.org.
>
> IRC is a protocol. "having IRC" sounds quite vulgar. I'd suggest just
> dropping the "if".
>
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