Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-13 Thread Dato Simó
On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 03:21:09PM +0100, Gerardo Ballabio wrote: > Anyway, thank you for clarifying that using people's preferred > pronouns is a requisite for being welcome in Debian. As I read them, > neither the CoC nor the Diversity Statement are explicit on that. > Maybe it would be useful

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-13 Thread Simon McVittie
On Thu, 12 Dec 2019 at 23:54:16 +, Scott Kitterman wrote: > I think when people personally feel excluded/diminished/pick your term > then it's appropriate to work on how to frame things to see how to make > them feel welcome (e.g. if someone is more comfortable being referred > to by they,

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-13 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Wed, 11 Dec 2019, Sam Hartman wrote: > TL;DR: Treating people with respect is hard and very contextual. > Choosing to change how you talk about something to make people more > comfortable doesn't always mean you were obligated to make that change. > Sometimes you're just promoting connection.

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-13 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hi folks, We feel it is time to respond to this thread in our capacity as the Community Team, and take a moment to remind everyone of some details in the Code of Conduct.[1] Notably, we'd like to bring your attention to the first point: ***Be respectful***. Please be respectful of others when

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-13 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Fri, 13 Dec 2019, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 08:46:35PM +0100, Alexander Wirt wrote: > > On Wed, 11 Dec 2019, Sam Hartman wrote: > > > > TL;DR: Treating people with respect is hard and very contextual. > > > Choosing to change how you talk about something to make people

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-13 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 08:46:35PM +0100, Alexander Wirt wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2019, Sam Hartman wrote: > > TL;DR: Treating people with respect is hard and very contextual. > > Choosing to change how you talk about something to make people more > > comfortable doesn't always mean you were