On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com> > wrote: >> In the long run they tend to do more harm than good. > > Hi, can you give an example of this? I'm at a loss to understand how > asking people to follow simple rules like "be collaborative" and "be > considerate" could end up being harmful?
I think this is a very good point. If such a policy exists, it should be specific about what is disruptive, and how disruptions will be dealt with *transparently*. I think identifying positive behavior like this is not very productive and can be limiting. I would like to see something that says: "This is what we do not tolerate (just like a lot of web forums), and this is how we will deal with it. Other than, do exactly what you want and have a good time while you're at it." I will not lie. I have not seen the Ubuntu Code of Conduct or similar initiatives mentioned before. However, I think we should keep it plain and simple and remove some caustic behavior that seems to be returning to the list after a hiatus. Collaboration and consideration is going on without the code, and will probably continue, even improve, by isolating bad behaviors. > I'm very much in favour of adopting such a policy. At the very least, > we can then stop debating whether or not we need such policies, and > whether or not people's behaviour is harmful - we can simply discuss > whether they are in line with the policy or not. > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk