Depends on the case I guess? If I have to go over 1000 comments probably not. There could be other reasons, but I don't know yet because I didn't manage many cases yet.
On 25 May 2018 at 21:24, Benjamin Berg <benja...@sipsolutions.net> wrote: > On Fri, 2018-05-25 at 21:20 +0200, Carlos Soriano wrote: > > Have you done so, if not, is there any reason to not make this offer? > > > > No, apart of the policy mentioned in the minutes. > > Will you make such an offer? If not, is there any reason to not make > this offer in the future and in this case? > > Benjamin > > > On 25 May 2018 at 21:18, Benjamin Berg <benja...@sipsolutions.net> > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Fri, 2018-05-25 at 21:05 +0200, Carlos Soriano wrote: > > > > Benjamin, I couldn't do in the way you mention simply because > > > that > > > > was not the request. The request was as described "account > > > deletion > > > > in GitLab for a blocked user". The request was for complete > > > deletion, > > > > including any activity. > > > > > > This doesn't make any sense to me. The user has explicitly > > > requested a > > > full deletion including all comments. You have solely decided that > > > the > > > comments would not be removed, but there was no decision on whether > > > the > > > comment text needs to stay as is. > > > > > > As such, I would expect that you explicitly offer the user to > > > replace > > > all text in relevant posts. Have you done so, if not, is there any > > > reason to not make this offer? > > > > > > Benjamin > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > On Fri., 25 May 2018, 20:30 Benjamin Berg, <benjamin@sipsolutions > > > .net > > > > > wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2018-05-23 at 12:29 +0100, Allan Day wrote: > > > > > > * Request for account deletion in GitLab for a blocked user > > > > > (Carlos) > > > > > > * Carlos sent an email to board-list with details of this > > > > > > * Carlos is the only GitLab admin. He recently blocked a > > > user > > > > > for > > > > > > inappropriate behaviour. This means that the user can no > > > longer > > > > > log in > > > > > > to edit/delete their comments. > > > > > > * The user has subsequently sent a mail demanding that > > > their > > > > > posts > > > > > > be deleted. The user has made the case that this is their > > > legal > > > > > right > > > > > > (under Canadian law) and has threatened legal action. > > > > > > * Comments can only be deleted by an admin. > > > > > > * We have a prescedent that we don't delete posts that are > > > > > stored on > > > > > > GNOME servers. > > > > > > > > > > There is a fundamental difference with Gitlab compared to other > > > > > services though. On Gitlab comments and bug reports can be > > > > > retrospectively modified by the submitter and even third > > > parties in > > > > > the > > > > > case of bug descriptions. So the user could delete the relevant > > > > > text > > > > > even if they cannot delete the comment itself. > > > > > > > > > > It sounds like the request for deletion was completely refused > > > > > rather > > > > > than complying with it as much as possible by changing all text > > > to > > > > > e.g. > > > > > "comment has been deleted". Is there a reason for not complying > > > > > with > > > > > the request in this way? > > > > > > > > > > > * Allan - why don't we delete posts? Rosanna - data > > > retention > > > > > > policies are part of our staff handbook, and are required for > > > > > > insurance purposes. > > > > > > * Didier - on gnome-fr forums, they offer to anonymise > > > posts > > > > > rather > > > > > > than deleting them (in order to preserve threads). Cosimo - > > > isn't > > > > > that > > > > > > what happens when a user account is deleted? Yes. > > > > > > * Cosimo - prefers that people can remove their account > > > rather > > > > > than > > > > > > deleting posts. Didier agrees with this. Allan is personally > > > in > > > > > favour > > > > > > but doesn't know what the legal requirements are. > > > > > > * ACTION: Carlos to offer to delete the account and > > > anonymise > > > > > the > > > > > > posts in the process. > > > > > > > > > > Benjamin_______________________________________________ > > > > > foundation-list mailing list > > > > > foundation-list@gnome.org > > > > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > > > > >
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