I haven't seen anyone engaging in this discussion communicate any form of racism.
The specific problem to which Colin Maudry referred is when questioners ignore the responses to their questions. Language barriers are certainly a problem in globally distributed work (having Jena documentation available in more than one language would be a fantastic accomplishment!), but that does not seem to me to be the issue here. --- A. Soroka The University of Virginia Library > On Oct 24, 2016, at 11:09 AM, Paul Houle <[email protected]> wrote: > > These arguments have a way of blending into racism. > > One reason why people have challenges communicating on mailing lists is > that English is not their first language. > > -- > Paul Houle > [email protected] > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2016, at 10:52 AM, A. Soroka wrote: >>> I take the first bullet to mean some "enforcement" is proposed and the last >>> bullet to suggest that a "ban" is "possible". >> >> Sorry, I missed that last phrase-- I wouldn't support a ban for that kind >> of reason. I take "enforcement" simply to mean that after the same >> question is asked several times with good answers ignored, the question >> can legitimately be ignored. I don't see anything wrong with that. >> >>> I was not pointing out that projects go through phases. >>> I was pointing out that Jena has been in mature use, including by students >>> on course projects, for many years. We get phases where we get naive and >>> poorly asked questions from students. Those phases are more related to >>> course lifecycles than to Jena lifecycles. >> >> I'm sorry I misunderstood you. >> >>> Patient responses, as have been given here, generally work. If they don't >>> then continued such poor questions can simply go unanswered. I really don't >>> think there's enough volume of such traffic here as to be a problem. >>> >>> Dave >> >> I don't think disagreeing on how problematic the kind of traffic about >> which we are writing is should stop us from trying new kinds of >> engagement. In other words, creating more resources for beginners is good >> for Jena no matter whether you think this mailing list question is >> serious or not. >> >> --- >> A. Soroka >> The University of Virginia Library >>
