I have the utmost respect for you but I believe making statements like that warrant context. Even if I am against censorship (which I am), what we need is productive criticism, simply using harsh words don't help. Just my two cents.

Best, QEDK

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 08:45 MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:

Hi,

I received the message below after posting "Wikimedia Foundation Inc. is corrupt and bad. The Web team is a particularly egregious demonstration." in a comment on mediawiki.org.

I stand by my original statement and this attempt to silence criticism makes the organization look even more corrupt and bad.

MZMcBride

---------- Original Message ---------- From: MediaWiki wiki@wikimedia.org To: MZMcBride w@mzmcbride.com Date: 04/19/2022 2:58 AM Subject: Message from the Code of Conduct Committee

Dear MZMcBride,

This is an official message from the technical Code of Conduct Committee. We received a report regarding one of your recent comments at MediaWiki.org < https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Topic:Wt8i87odakxnhpyb&topic....

The Committee concluded that the comment is a blatant violation of the Code of Conduct https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct. While we support a free and open discourse, we cannot accept personal attacks, whether they are aimed at individuals or groups of people. Civility is necessary to maintain a healthy working environment.

For that reason, the Committee decided to **ban you** from Wikimedia technical spaces for **1 month**. The ban is effective immediately and it will expire at May 19, 2022, 06:57 UTC. Note the ban is in force in all Wikimedia technical spaces, including (but not limited to) MediaWiki.org, Phabricator, technical mailing lists such as wikitech-l or Wikimedia Gerrit. Please re-familiarize yourself with the Code of Conduct during the duration of the ban.

Sincerely,

-- Martin Urbanec Code of Conduct Committee

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