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@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@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@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Thank you for drafting this up, Matt. Who's "we" here?
On 6 August 2015 at 20:19, Matthew Flaschen mflaschen@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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