>After several negative examples discussed in the last few months on this list,* this action conclusively proves in my eyes the failure of the Code of conduct to be a positive force for our community, at least so far >and in the present conditions. The CoC will prioritize the safety of the minority over the comfort of the majority. It might not be perfect but it is sure already working well to echo and document the concerns of many in the community that really do not feel comfortable to reply to a thread in this e-mail list. Or phabricator. Or a talk page. Reports are confidential and would continue to be so to make sure everyone feels safe to report *any* incident of *any* severity. On this specific case discussing whether profanity is OK or not is just a distraction as there is a long history of hostility and harsh criticism. The way the bug was closed might be incorrect (I personally as an engineer agree that closing it shows little understanding of how technical teams do track bugs in phab, some improvements are in order here for sure) but the harsh interaction is just one out of many that have been out of line for while.
Thanks, Nuria On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 8:42 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Amir and MZMcBride for disclosing the action. > > A volunteer has been punished for speaking up in defense of fellow > volunteer and paid contributors, whose contribution was being sidelined and > suffocated by people "in charge" of the specific space, i.e. the people > they were doing their best to help. > > The message which was sanctioned was even of an especially thoughtful > kind, in my opinion, because it didn't attempt to submerge the other users > with walls of text, politically correct tirades or otherwise charged > statements. It was merely a heartfelt interjection to help people stop, > reconsider their actions and self-improve without the need of lectures. Was > this peculiar effort at constructive facilitation considered? If not, what > alternatives or constructive suggestions were provided? > > After several negative examples discussed in the last few months on this > list,* this action conclusively proves in my eyes the failure of the Code > of conduct to be a positive force for our community, at least sso far and > in the present conditions. > > The committee needs to immediately resign or be disbanded, and be reformed > on a more solid basis. > > Federico > > (*) And not a single disclosed positive action, as far as I know. But it > might have been lost due to the lack of a transparency report. If one was > released or is upcoming, sorry; I'll revise my conclusions accordingly. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
