On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 20:03:39 +0100, Steve Simmons wrote: > +1 Seems to me Bart is being banned for "being a dick" and "talking > rubbish" (my words/interpretation) with irritating persistence.
I know that when I first started here, I often talked rubbish. The difference is, I was willing to listen and consider when people gave alternate viewpoints. Eventually. And I know that some people think that I'm sometimes still being a dick. They're wrong, I'm just charmingly forthright *wink* Bart is often frustratingly resistant to reasonable argument, and has been obnoxious in his habit of bringing virtually every conversation into an opportunity to make a dig at Python. But neither of these are prohibited by the CoC, neither of these should be banning offense, and even if they were, he should have had a formal warning first. Preferably TWO formal warnings: the first privately, the second publicly, and only on the third offence a ban. And I question the fairness of a six month ban, rather than (let's say) an initial one month ban. As for banning Rick, when he isn't even posting at the moment, I don't even have words for that. There's no statute of limitation for murder, but surely "being obnoxious on the internet" ought to come with a fairly short period of forgiveness. -- Steven D'Aprano "Ever since I learned about confirmation bias, I've been seeing it everywhere." -- Jon Ronson -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
