> the mails sent here the last week made me think more thorough about what > the actual problem is, and reconsider my posiiton. i added comments to the > phabricator ticket at: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T90908#1612033. > > to summarize the phabricator comments briefly, i experienced the wikimedia > technical community as arrogant and ignorant, paradoxically despite the > persons in the community are not arrogant and ignoring. mails get no > answer, ticktes get closed immediately or reshuffled, patches sit in gerrit > for years. contrary, the most successful open source community, linux / > git, tolerates things which we would not tolerate (e.g. > https://youtu.be/MShbP3OpASA?t=2895 f*ck nvidia). i experienced that > community as extremely welcoming and helpful.
I could certainly see how one could feel that way. There have been several times when I have felt that way. But I also feel like they are separate issues from what the Code of conduct is trying to address, and probably need different solutions. > "WMF persons > assure on every contact that the client walks away happy."instead of a > "WMF punishes misbehave". contrary to all the punishment suggestions above, > it would be a positive policy. the ones involved in raising children > already saw how much more effective a praising and lauding approach is - > which i find works as well with adults. good is also that praising works > international, no cultural barriers. Well if we extend the metaphor - Even parents who believe in praise, would probably punish their child if s/he committed murder. The code of conduct is supposed to deal with the horrible situations, not the everyday situations. Its not supposed to be the be-all and end-all of everything. -- bawolff _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
