[Advocacy Advisors] List behavior and moderation [was Re: Wikipedia Zero and net neutrality

[L.Gelauff]

Hi Luis,

Seems reasonable to me. I am a little sad though that we have to have this
discussion in the first place though!

Lodewijk


2014-08-13 20:50 GMT+02:00 Luis Villa <lvilla at wikimedia.org>:

> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This might be a good point for the list moderator (someone from Legal?)
>> to step in to help maintain a constructive atmosphere on this list. We can
>> and should discuss, debate and disagree while maintaining a degree of
>> collegiality.
>
>
> Generally, I think list moderation is *extremely* important for keeping a
> mailing list healthy. I described my best practices for behavior and
> moderation in the draft OSI Code of Conduct for Mailing Lists:
> http://opensource.org/codeofconduct/licensing
>
> However, I don't think that imposing such a policy in the middle of a hot
> debate is a good idea. So I suggest we have a discussion about that once
> this has run its natural course.
>
> In this specific case, I agree that the tone has become hostile and
> unconstructive from some participants. I hope everyone will take a deep
> breath, and if appropriate, apologize either to specific people who have
> been attacked or to the list as a whole for creating an unproductive
> environment.
>
> I also hope that, in keeping with the "disclose potential conflicts"
> section of the OSI code linked above, some of the new list members will
> introduce themselves and explain their interests and motives for joining
> the group. Advocates from other groups are of course welcome here, but we
> hope in the spirit of transparency you'll disclose your goals and
> intentions for joining in our community.
>
> Thanks-
> Luis
>
>
> --
> Luis Villa
> Deputy General Counsel
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 415.839.6885 ext. 6810
>
> *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have
> received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the
> mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical
> reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community
> members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more
> on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.*
>
> _______________________________________________
> Advocacy_Advisors mailing list
> Advocacy_Advisors at lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/advocacy_advisors/attachments/20140813/4c93c856/attachment.html>