I fear that this thread is perhaps having a chilling effect on the members of the Code of Conduct Committee, but perhaps that was the desired effect.
On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 2:51 PM Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Amir and MZMcBride for disclosing the action. > > A volunteer has been punished for speaking up in defense of fellow > volunteer and paid contributors, whose contribution was being sidelined > and suffocated by people "in charge" of the specific space, i.e. the > people they were doing their best to help. > > The message which was sanctioned was even of an especially thoughtful > kind, in my opinion, because it didn't attempt to submerge the other > users with walls of text, politically correct tirades or otherwise > charged statements. It was merely a heartfelt interjection to help > people stop, reconsider their actions and self-improve without the need > of lectures. Was this peculiar effort at constructive facilitation > considered? If not, what alternatives or constructive suggestions were > provided? > > After several negative examples discussed in the last few months on this > list,* this action conclusively proves in my eyes the failure of the > Code of conduct to be a positive force for our community, at least sso > far and in the present conditions. > > The committee needs to immediately resign or be disbanded, and be > reformed on a more solid basis. > > Federico > > (*) And not a single disclosed positive action, as far as I know. But it > might have been lost due to the lack of a transparency report. If one > was released or is upcoming, sorry; I'll revise my conclusions accordingly. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
