I wish I knew the background better, but a lot of the recent discussion on Codes of Conduct I think stems from some recent problems in the gaming community. Again, I admit my knowledge is limited, but I think it had something to do with male gamers putting down female gamers; very offensive words and actions were used in that situation, and the "outing" of personally identifying information was one of the problems.
I think any reasonable person applying a reasonable standard would realize the CoC wording as is currently stands wouldn't apply to the examples I cited, nor to yours. It's the unreasonable factors we have to be concerned with, and just a little modding of the wording will fix things. Greg -------------------- On 09/26/2014 04:12 PM, viktor.sa...@regionhalland.se wrote: > I highly agree with the spirit of the CoC, but with this discussion I realize > that taking the following part literally would forbid me to give people > credit when listening to them during a KohaCon: > > "Harassment includes, but is not limited to: > […] > • Posting (or threatening to post) other people’s personally > identifying information. > […] > > Names are the mother of personally identifying information and since a good > reputation is sort of the currency in a FOSS-community not being able to > publicly give people credit seems counter productive :) I guess the paragraph > is ment to cover giving credit, but as I read it that may be the effect(?) > > Kind regards/Viktor > > Viktor Sarge > Utvecklingsledare > Regionbibliotek Halland > Kultur i Halland > > TFN: 035-17 98 73 > E-POST: viktor.sa...@regionhalland.se > BESÖKSADRESS: Södra vägen 9, 30180 Halmstad > WEBB: www.regionhalland.se/regionbibliotek > > > > 26 sep 2014 kl. 21:49 skrev glaws <glaw...@rhcl.org>: > >> I have some concerns about the Koha Community Code of Conduct posted here: >> >> http://koha-community.org/about/policy/code-of-conduct/ >> <http://koha-community.org/about/policy/code-of-conduct/> >> >> My specific concern is the second bullet point: >> >> Harassment includes, but is not limited to: >> >> * ---snip--- >> * Verbal, graphic or written comments related to gender, gender >> identity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body >> size, race or religion >> >> >> which seems overly broad. >> >> Examples >> >> If, during a conference breaking for lunch, I say to a group of >> attendees "I'm Buddhist, is there a vegetarian restaurant near here?", I >> would seem to have violated this point (verbal...comment...religion). >> >> Or if I'm a presenter, and I make a comment for illustrative purposes, >> like "Just as people come in all sizes, libraries also vary in size and >> Koha is great for all of them", have I violated the code? >> >> Or if I'm with a group of attendees planning on going out somewhere, and >> I say "I have <insert any health problem>, and I can't walk with you >> that far", is that a violation? >> >> I would like to suggest that the wording for this particular point >> include something to the effect that the references must be obviously >> negative in nature or perhaps intended to give offense to to an average >> person _based_on_some_reasonable_standard_. >> >> >> -- >> Greg Lawson >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Greg Lawson Rolling Hills Consolidated Library 1912 N. Belt Highway St. Joseph, MO 64506 816-232-5479 x2303 _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha