[Wikitech-l] Interested in Contributing to WikiMedia

Hi everyone, I am Alangi Derick and a Web developer. Mostly, i work with the following technologies; PHP, HTML/HTML 5, Javascript, jQuery etc. I am also very good at using Git VCS and also at time SVN. I am a senior student in the University of Buea, Cameroon and i am currently interning at

Re: [Wikitech-l] Code of Conduct: Intro, Principles, and Unacceptable behavior sections

Why don't you comment on any of the three links provided in the email you're replying to? That seems like an obvious venue for concerns you might have. On 5 September 2015 at 17:32, rupert THURNER wrote: > On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 10:37 PM, Matthew Flaschen

Re: [Wikitech-l] Code of Conduct: Intro, Principles, and Unacceptable behavior sections

On 5 September 2015 at 19:11, MZMcBride wrote: > It seems weird to me that the > push (perhaps a movement, who knows) to implement codes of conduct has > become so enmeshed with the ultra-liberal feminist movement. > Really?

Re: [Wikitech-l] Code of Conduct: Intro, Principles, and Unacceptable behavior sections

On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 4:11 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > Am I supposed to know what a manfeeling is? It seems weird to me that the > push (perhaps a movement, who knows) to implement codes of conduct has > become so enmeshed with the ultra-liberal feminist movement. I think there >

Re: [Wikitech-l] Code of Conduct: Intro, Principles, and Unacceptable behavior sections

On 5 September 2015 at 23:19, David Gerard wrote: > > > I don’t feel safe because there is a code of conduct. But I tell you one > thing that makes me feel unsafe – men who will endlessly, vociferously > argue against them. Maybe a code of conduct isn’t meaningful. But at this

Re: [Wikitech-l] Code of Conduct: Intro, Principles, and Unacceptable behavior sections

The first and last paras are particularly worth quoting: > Earlier this year I pulled out of a conference because the organiser and I > disagreed on code of conducts. Specifically I thought there should be one, > and he did not. He did eventually add one, but refused to define unacceptable >

Re: [Wikitech-l] Code of Conduct: Intro, Principles, and Unacceptable behavior sections

On 6 September 2015 at 00:11, MZMcBride wrote: > become so enmeshed with the ultra-liberal feminist movement. I think there It would probably be fascinating to have this technical term defined with any specificity. > of this content, but I can see a lot potential allies

Re: [Wikitech-l] Code of Conduct: Intro, Principles, and Unacceptable behavior sections

On 5 September 2015 at 21:11, Alex Monk wrote: > On 5 September 2015 at 23:19, David Gerard wrote: > > > > > I don’t feel safe because there is a code of conduct. But I tell you > one > > thing that makes me feel unsafe – men who will endlessly,

Re: [Wikitech-l] Code of Conduct: Intro, Principles, and Unacceptable behavior sections

On the general subject of codes of conduct and what they bring (or don't bring) in terms of user safety and a sense of inclusion, I recently encountered http://www.catehuston.com/blog/2015/09/02/code-of-conducts-and-worthless-manfeelings/ on Twitter - it's an interesting read and brings up a

Re: [Wikitech-l] Code of Conduct: Intro, Principles, and Unacceptable behavior sections

Oliver Keyes wrote: >On the general subject of codes of conduct and what they bring (or >don't bring) in terms of user safety and a sense of inclusion, I >recently encountered http://wp.me/p11Aax-4aq on Twitter - it's an >interesting read and brings up a couple of points definitely worth >thinking

Re: [Wikitech-l] Code of Conduct: Intro, Principles, and Unacceptable behavior sections

On 5 September 2015 at 19:11, MZMcBride wrote: > Oliver Keyes wrote: >>On the general subject of codes of conduct and what they bring (or >>don't bring) in terms of user safety and a sense of inclusion, I >>recently encountered http://wp.me/p11Aax-4aq on Twitter - it's an

Re: [Wikitech-l] Picking the RfC to discuss on IRC next week

On 09/03/2015 12:11 AM, Rob Lanphier wrote: > I have it as a TODO to completely rework that board, but I'm not doing > it by next week. What RfC needs attention now? If no one else has any RfCs that need attention, I'd like to discuss

Re: [Wikitech-l] Code of Conduct: Intro, Principles, and Unacceptable behavior sections

On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 10:37 PM, Matthew Flaschen wrote: > There is consensus at > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Code_of_conduct_for_technical_spaces/Draft#Next_steps > that the best way to finalize the CoC draft is to focus on a few > sections at once (while