"Don't be a dick"... heh, I like that - appropriately blunt and hits the
nail bang on the head. We could shorten it and clean it up a bit to "Don't
be a jerk" and link to the wiktionary definition of jerk.
Perhaps it needs to be two separate pages. One where we say in about 3-4
sentences "Don't be a jerk", and have a link in that to "You can help
keep
our Comments pages a nice place" asking people who do bother to read the
principles (who usually aren't going to be rude) to help police it.
Brian McNeil
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[mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of David Gerard
Sent: 06 November 2007 13:38
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Do we need a Code of Participation?
On 06/11/2007, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org> wrote:
As an adjunct to this Wikinews is trying to hammer out
some code of
conduct
for our experimental comments pages, link below.
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Comment_Space
Eloquence? Comments?
Mostly it needs to be really really short (a third or a quarter of the
current length) to have any hope of being read.
I dunno. All such policies come down to "Don't be a dick." You could
start from that, paying $1 for every word over it ...
- d.