Neat! A few questions: - What's a position statement? I just don't know specifically what that term means. :P
- When you say "a topic others may find challenging", do you mean difficult to understand, or do you mean touchy/controversial? - Just to clarify, does any of this apply to controversial topics that are relevant to Mozilla? Is there more leeway for strong opinions on our controversies? Thanks! - Mike Kelly On 12/12/14 8:48 AM, Mike Hoye wrote:
Hi, everyone - As part of a Planet refresh [1] planned for the new year and aiming for end-Q2, the Planet peers are going to be revising the somewhat-sparse Planet documentation and policies [2]. Existing policies haven't reflected reality in some time and, like virtually everything about Planet, need a fair bit of love. While part of the refresh will be technical - clearing out dead feeds, making search work right, a mobile theme, etc - we'll also be proposing some changes to how feeds are included on Planet. Our aim is to advance the core Mozilla mission and foster an inclusive, diverse community around that mission without denying anyone the freedom to seek out like-minded Mozillians and speak to things they care deeply about. In short: lots of Mozillians care passionately about non-Mozilla stuff; sometimes that's crafting and music and sometimes it's activism, politics and religion. While we don't want to see Planet become a place where people aren't free to express themselves, we also don't want Planet to become a platform that alienates Mozillians who feel differently, if just as strongly, on those same issues.The Mozilla participation guidelines [3] are an important baseline, but we believe that by taking an active role in this we can do better. To that end, we are going to propose that Planet have a participation policy including words to the effect that "in discussing contentious or personal topics outside of Mozilla's mission, please consider invitations to conversation welcome, position statements not, and exercise your judgement with the growth of a kind and inclusive community in mind." Further, that we ask Planet's participating authors to: - add a "mozilla" tag to posts that are relevant to Mozilla, so that it's explicit that their inclusion in Planet is deliberate, and - when addressing the community on a topic others may find challenging, that there be a brief disclaimer at the top of those posts outlining the contents. We intend to provide boilerplate text and HTML snippets people can paste into posts to make that as painless as possible, though people can always roll their own. Our hope is that this small up-front investment will lead to Planet's content being generally more focused without costing anyone the opportunity to learn about, learn from and grow with other Mozillians who share their values or beliefs. As always feedback is welcome; if you have concerns you'd prefer be discussed privately, don't hesitate to contact me directly. - mhoye [1] - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1101785 [2] - https://wiki.mozilla.org/Planet_Mozilla [3] - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/participation/ _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
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