On Sat, Nov 01, 2014 at 12:42:56PM -0400, Martin Owens wrote:
Dear Board,
To help move the code of conduct forwards, we've (by which I mean Maren) has put together a draft page. All board members have editing rights on the website so you should be able to edit it directly if you need to.
https://inkscape.org/en/community/coc/
Once you're happy with the draft, we'll make it live (in the menu) and add links from various social spots such as the comment boxes and IRC page. So do respond to this email with your thoughts too.
Thanks for your time.
Some general thoughts...
There is a lot of verbage around harrassment, and then one line given to "spamming, trolling, flaming, baiting, or other attention-stealing behavior". Harrassment is of course unacceptable but fortunately seems to be absent in our community, afaik. But trolling, baiting, etc. have indeed been problems on occasion, so I wonder if these deserve more attention here.
In particular, regular development discussions can sometimes become heated, and things be said that sound like flaming or baiting. As written it sounds like these are considered equivalent severity as harrassment.
We don't have active moderators for IRC. I think I'm the only person with ops on channel, but I am not going to actively monitor any discussions. As written, the CoC implies a more active level of moderation than that, which may disappoint expectations. I think we should condense this section down.
Bryce