As I tried to explain at https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2015-August/082778.html, there is a potential correlation between being opposed to a Code of Conduct and having a community profile needing less such Code of Conduct. This doesn't mean that our community doesn't need a Code of Conduct, though. We want to be an open and diverse community, with profiles definitely more diverse than the ones of the people active in this discussion.
For the sake of the argument, let's say that those community members opposing completely to a Code of Conduct for Wikimedia tech wouldn't gain anything in case it is approved. Fine, but would they have anything to lose? Would the Wikimedia Tech community lose anything or be harmed in any way for the approval of a Code of Conduct? Is there anything harmful or counterproductive (or politically tendentious, as it has been suggested) in the three sections that are being proposed right now? https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_conduct_for_technical_spaces/Draft (intro paragraph / section 0 only) https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_conduct_for_technical_spaces/Draft#Principles https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_conduct_for_technical_spaces/Draft#Unacceptable_behavior Looking at these part of the current draft, it is hard for me to see how this could not be beneficial, or at the very least how it could be counterproductive, something we should avoid. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
