Hi Stéfan, I also think that this document would be more appropriate than a generic code of conduct. Maybe we could also add a link to http://scikit-image.org/docs/stable/contribute.html so that people can get started?
Best Emma On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 05:47:45PM -0700, Stefan van der Walt wrote: > Dear contributors and users > You may know that I am not very fond of Codes of Conduct in general. I > think they are well intentioned, but they are also often aggressive, use > words more commonly associated with law enforcement, and may leave one > feeling a tad scared and unenthusiastic. > At the same time, I do think it is important to be inviting to newcomers > of all groups, and to make that clear on our website. > What would you say to a "Community Guidelines" or "How We Work > (together)" statement on the scikit-image front page? > Something along the lines of: > "We welcome each and every contributor to scikit-image. Our aim is > enthusiastic and productive collaboration, to build an excellent > software library, and to have a ton of fun doing it. We encourage one > another to be gentle in criticism of others' work, humble in > acknowledging our own mistakes, and generous in our praise. > If you ever feel like you are not being treated as well as you should, > please get in touch with one of the project leads. We are committed to > making this community a safe and welcome space." > Best regards > Stéfan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "scikit-image" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to scikit-image+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to scikit-image@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/scikit-image/20160830204238.GC1722536%40phare.normalesup.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
