On Sep 20, 5:52 pm, s...@pobox.com wrote: > I've noticed over the past few weeks a huge increase in the frequency of > edits in the Python wiki. Many of those are due to Carl Trachte's work on > non-English pages about Python. There are plenty of other pages going under > the knife as well though. Is there some community movement people are aware > of to wrangle the wiki into better shape? > > Thanks, > > Skip
Yes, as Rami says, there are moves afoot. I've been working with Carl, who is no longer with divers...@python.org -- something of a hornets nest is you ask me. We're hoping to go open archive so it's not such a Chamber of Whispers. Here's an excerpt from the archive (subscribers only) for your edificiation. You'll find more at this Wiki page, which starts with the PSF version of the Diversity statement, developed independently of the private Aahz list initiative. http://wiki.python.org/moin/DiversityStatementDiscussion (I distance myself from this page, except for the PSF statement, as too punitive and threatening, also amateurish). I should put my cards on the table that I'm a "Quaker animist" and think training monkeys to write "Hello world" in Python might be a good way to improve user group diversity. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:36 AM Subject: Fwd: [PSF-Members] All-positive diversity statement To: divers...@python.org << snip >> Python is *not* just for humans at the end of the day (that's if you wanna talk diversity for real). <misanthropic> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2hRrcvxRFE </misanthropic> Not a direct quote from PSF version (polished it some): <provocative> ============== How about something like: Diversity Statement: Python is free and open source and is therefore deliberately placed in the public commons for all humans to use, other species if they gain this ability. If you're a racist, bigoted pig from hell whom nobody loves, and you choose to use Python, you're welcome. If anyone says you have no right to use Python, because of all the evil nonsense you pump out in the world, or because you're "untouchable" (for some reason), they're wrong. You may be in prison for other offenses, but using Python will never be one of them Using Python is not a crime. Just use it. That being said, the PSF does protect against counterfeits so if you change the source in any way and try to conceal this, while pretending you're sharing the "real" Python, expect repercussions. That's an offense. Expect retaliation. </provocative> <joke> Send your comments, suggestions for revisions directly to snake...@python.org (never mind the error message -- everyone gets those) </joke> Kirby -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
