I think Robert makes a very important pint here which I would like to highlight (as I must confess that I have stopped reading all of every post in this thread...):
On 23 November 2014 at 06:59, Robert Bradshaw <rober...@math.washington.edu> wrote: > > You ask about the value of a non-enforced code. I think it's valuable > to have something to point to, both for setting expectations for new > contributors and a reminder for long-timers when things get heated. It > allows one to succinctly re-direct trolls rather than feed them. It > gives further weight to requests for civility: pointing to the code ****> makes it clear that I am not making a request on behalf of myself, ****> rather on behalf of the entire community. (Corollary, if you think > your behavior is acceptable to the majority of the community, call for > a vote to change the code. That'll be pretty rare...) Having something like this code to point to when politely objecting to something posted allows us to make such objections on behalf of the community. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
