Hello John. Am 29.07.2018 um 23:40 schrieb John Hendrik Weitzmann:
Nobody here seems to doubt that we need norms, especially at and around events.
I was at 2 Wikimanias, 5 WikiCons, several workshops and meetings, and nearly 2 dozen of WMDE-chapter-meeting – and only the very least of them had a written down policy: And we managed to survive too. Even better, because we had no unneeded arguments about a policy.
When I go to a meeting of Wikipedians I want to talk with people. I don’t want to worry about if my current behavior is in line with the current policy. I will respect the other people around me, I will try to not make them uncomfortable, and if there is a problem (for example: being too loud) I expect that somebody will talk to me, and I’m sure that there will be a solution. I don’t need a list of norms that somebody defined who may had a different cultural background – or even worse: the intersecting set of what is ok in all cultures (that may/will be the empty set).
Good night. DaB.