On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 3:41 PM, James Keener <j...@jimkeener.com> wrote:
> > Community is people who joined it > > We're not a "community." We're people using email to get help with or > discuss technical aspects of PostgreSQL. The types of discussions that > would normally be held within a "community" would be entirely off-topic > here. We should be professional to each other here; we don't need to be > buddies. There is a clear difference between "professionalism" and > "community". A document governing interactions on this list is within the > right of the moderation, but leaking into the "real world" is an > abomination and perversion of what this group is. > To many of us, we absolutely are a community. Remember, there are people here who have been around for 20+ years, of which many have become close friends, having started working on PostgreSQL as a hobby. We have always seen the project as a community of like-minded technologists, and welcome others that wish to join, whether just to ask a single question or to hang around for the next 20 years. I do see your viewpoint, but I would counter that coming here for help (for example) is quite different from calling tech support at a vendor. > > My church group is 100% within their right to kick me out of teaching > Sunday School if I were to have an affair. Teaching Sunday School is an act > taking place as part of a community of people with a shared belief and > culture. My job would 100% not be within their right to fire me for having > an affair, as it's not a community, but a professional environment and my > personal life is just that: personal. (Baring an ethics clauses signed when > joining, I guess?) > > Jim > > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 10:31 AM, Ilya Kosmodemiansky <i...@dataegret.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> On 14. Sep 2018, at 16:17, Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> wrote: >> >> >> The lists are just one of many different ways people in this community >> interact. >> >> >> I could only heavily +1 this. I can get from where comes the idea that >> community is only what happens just on postgresql.org or just on some >> other channel community uses. Community is people who joined it and CoC >> supposed to apply even if people use analogue telephones. This is about >> communication, not about communication channels. >> >> >> >> -- >> Dave Page >> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com >> Twitter: @pgsnake >> >> EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com >> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company >> >> > -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
