I've been unexpectedly in hospital for the past two weeks, without internet or email. Just before my unexpected hospital stay, I was apparently banned (without warning) by Ethan Furman in what seems to me to be an act of retaliation for my protest against his overzealous and hostile tone-policing against a newcomer to the list, Reto Brunner:
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2018-September/737020.html (I did make one mistake in that post: I claimed that I hadn't said anything at the time on Ethan's last round of bans. That was incorrect, I actually did make an objection at the time.) Since I'm still catching up on emails, I have just come across Ethan's notice to me (copied below). Notwithstanding Ethan's comment about having posted the suspension notice on the list, I see no sign that he actually did so. At the risk of further retaliation from the moderators, I am ignoring the ban in this instance for the purposes of transparency and openness. (I don't know if this will show up on the mailing list or the newsgroup.) Since I believe this ban is illegitimate, I intend to challenge it if possible. In the meantime, I may not reply on-list to any responses. Subject: Fwd: Temporary Suspension To: <steve@ REDACTED > From: Ethan Furman <ethan@ REDACTED > Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:22:40 -0700 In-Reply-To: <b19aed3d-b56e-3fe2-264e-1c1dae076...@stoneleaf.us> Steven, you've probably already seen this on Python List, but I forgot to email it directly to you. My apologies. -- ~Ethan~ Python List Moderator -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Temporary Suspension Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 07:09:04 -0700 From: Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> To: Python List Moderators <python-list-ow...@python.org> As a list moderator, my goal for this list is to keep the list a useful resource -- but what does "useful" mean? To me it means a place that python users can go to ask questions, get answers, offer advice, and all without sarcasm, name-calling, and deliberate mis-understandings. Conversations should stay mostly on-topic. Due to hostile and inappropriate posts*, Steven D'Aprano is temporarily suspended from Python List for a period of two months. This suspension, along with past suspensions, is being taken only after careful consideration and consultation with other Python moderators. -- ~Ethan~ Python List Moderator * posts in question: [1] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2018-July/735735.html [2] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2018-September/737020.html -- Steven D'Aprano -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
