The idea for this was presented at Wikimania where it received a very
positive reception. Most of what I was going to say about it has already
been covered by Frances, so I'll just add that I support it as well.
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Oliver Keyes <okeyes(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Excellent! I'm a strong supporter too, although I
think it should be
(as you say) very explicit about the consequences, the processes and
the types of behaviour that are inappropriate - I'd previously added
some commentary on the talk page that pointed to a particularly
detailed CoC I like (it's the jQuery one; gnarf drafts good stuff).
Thanks again to Matt and Frances and everyone else for kicking this
off; this is something we desperately need.
(Kudos specifically for handling Tim L's comment so nicely)
On 7 August 2015 at 12:57, Frances Hocutt <fhocutt(a)wikimedia.org> 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 <okeyes(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Thank you for drafting this up, Matt. Who's "we" here?
On 6 August 2015 at 20:19, Matthew Flaschen <mflaschen(a)wikimedia.org>
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
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