On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 05:31:11PM -0000, ti...@openmailbox.org wrote: > Hi misc@, > > The operator "blakkheim" just banned me on the project's IRC channel, out of > a private passion or agenda rather than for any benefit of the channel. > > I did something apparently-unapprioriate previously on the channel, which was > to send a handful mass-highlights in October last year, and then two of them > about three weeks ago. > > I contacted blakkheim separately to discuss the matter recently and he > dismissed to communicate. Two other ops said they would not lift blakkheim's > ban, and I have not gotten any response from the channel founder Han. > > Now that enough time passed, I made the effort to get into the channel and > then clarify the issue by sending a clarification that I understand that > blakkheim is easily irritated and that I will pay additional consideration to > not highlight people as to not disturb blakkheim in particular, please see > the clarification I sent, quoted at the bottom here in this email. > > blakkheim was not pleased apparently and instead banned me again, maybe > because of the fact that I mentioned his nickname at all. In all cases I find > his ban abusive. > > blakkheim's mandate to ban people from OpenBSD chat, is to protect the chat > from influences that would be malign to the flow of the conversation or to > the content of conversation. > > Since I am not in that zone, I find his behavior presently to be abusive and > disrespectful, and this is emphasized by the fact that I am a (non-code) > project contributor. >
what is a non-code project contributor?
