I'm not big on rules but I am big on culture. The Internet causes an unusual phenomenon in people to miscommunicate and in turn say things they don't really mean because they feel attacked. I genuinely hope efforts like this, though only a single page of decency in print form, will be taken to heart by every individual and help make a community we're all proud and happy to be a part of.
--stephen On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Frances Hocutt <[email protected]> wrote: > On "why is this necessary": > > Earlier this year, Nick Coghlan wrote an excellent blog post on why he > considers fighting abuse in open source communities (Linux, in particular) > key to getting the best contributions and making his projects the strongest > they can be. A quote: > > "Instead, what I do care about, passionately, is *helping the best ideas > win* (where I include "feasible" as part of my definition of "best"). Not > the "best ideas from people willing to tolerate extensive personal abuse". > The best ideas anyone is willing to share with me, period. And I won't hear > those ideas unless I help create environments where all participants are > willing to speak up, not just those that are prepared to accept a > blistering verbal barrage from a powerful authority figure as a possible > consequence of attempting to participate." > > The whole post is worth a read: > http://www.curiousefficiency.org/posts/2015/01/abuse-is-not-ok.html > > Wikitech is not LKML, but a new contributor isn't going to know that (and > still, they can look through the archives and find personal attacks!). A > CoC is one way that we communicate that that's not how we act, and that's > not how we tolerate other people acting. > > -Frances > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Frances Hocutt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I was also at the Wikimania session where we worked on this draft. I > > strongly support this effort. Best practices for codes of conduct include > > clearly defined consequences for breaches, as well as named behaviors > that > > are unacceptable (as not everyone shares the same "common sense", and > > people interested in behaving badly tend to rules-lawyer as well). Our > > Phabricator etiquette is lacking both of these, and it does not cover the > > rest of our technical spaces. An effective code of conduct has been shown > > to be effective at bringing people from underrepresented groups--and > their > > contributions!--to events and projects. Screening technical contributors > by > > their willingness to take a risk of poor treatment is a terrible idea if > we > > want to get as many good contributions as we can. > > > > -Frances > > > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Oliver Keyes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Thank you for drafting this up, Matt. Who's "we" here? > >> > >> On 6 August 2015 at 20:19, Matthew Flaschen <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > On 08/06/2015 08:17 PM, Matthew Flaschen wrote: > >> >> > >> >> We're in the process of developing a code of conduct for technical > >> >> spaces. This will be binding, and apply to all Wikimedia-related > >> >> technical spaces (including but not limited to MediaWiki.org, > >> >> Phabricator, Gerrit, technical IRC channels, and Etherpad). > >> > > >> > > >> > I forgot to mention (but this is in the draft), it also applies to > >> physical > >> > spaces, including but not limited to hackathons. > >> > > >> > > >> > Matt Flaschen > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Engineering mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/engineering > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Oliver Keyes > >> Count Logula > >> Wikimedia Foundation > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Engineering mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/engineering > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
