Hi Jonathan, and Happy New Year!

On Tue, Jan 01, 2019 at 10:38:58PM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote:
>On 2019/01/01 22:22, Wouter Verhelst wrote:

...

>> (for clarity, that was part of the original GR that validated the code
>> of conduct)
>> 
>> I don't think it's a stretch (at all!) to claim that Planet Debian falls
>> under the "other modes of communication" bit there.
>
>Yes absolutely, I didn't mean to imply anything of the contrary. I just
>brought it up because I think it would be a good idea to link to the CoC
>from the PlanetDebian wiki page.

Absolutely. Make it so!

>>> I think what I miss a bit in the Planet rules is the "Be respectful"
>>> part and the "Be careful in the words that you choose. Be kind to
>>> others. Do not insult or put down other participants. Harassment and
>>> other exclusionary behavior aren't acceptable." Making it clear that you
>>> cannot always agree, but that personal attacks are unacceptable.
>> 
>> I think the code of conduct states those things too (although in other
>> formulations), and just updating the Planet rules to clarify that the
>> code of conduct applies should be enough?
>
>I think it's part of it.
>
>I really do think it's also worth while to explicitly have a short part
>stating what the planet is not appropriate for, stating that it's not
>appropriate to use the planet to republish personal arguments or smear
>campaigns. Sure, that would also be against the CoC, but it will make it
>much more easier to remove posts that do things like that rather than
>having to rely on an interpretation of the CoC every time that matter
>comes up.

Sounds reaonable, yes.

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                st...@einval.com
"When C++ is your hammer, everything looks like a thumb." -- Steven M. Haflich

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