<div dir="ltr">agreed with Tikhon's points, they say it way better than I could</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 4:52 AM, Tikhon Jelvis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tikhon@jelv.is" target="_blank">tikhon@jelv.is</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Personally, I would not be against a *short and simple* code of conduct that specifically addresses issues we have seen. I'm imagining clear guidelines that help people express themselves in a thoughtful and polite way. Something in the style of the Hacker News commenting guidelines[1] (at least the first four; the rest are specific to HN/Reddit-like sites).</div><div><br></div><div>One of the best examples I've seen in the wild had a single rule: no personal attacks. It's simple to understand and follow with no risk of stifling or derailing real discussions, and yet unambiguously rules out the majority of rude comments I see online (ignoring spam and outright trolling).</div><div><br></div><div>I do *not* like Rust's code of conduct specifically. It does not provide clear guidelines on civility/politeness and covers too many other things, including a lot of (often political) baggage. Why is the idea that "everything is a tradeoff" enshrined as a rule? The rule on politeness is clearly deemphasized: "Please be kind and courteous. There’s no need to be mean or rude." is so vague it may as well not be in the code of conduct. We should *assume* people set out to be kind and courteous and help them do that consistently. The "Citizen Code of Conduct" they link to has even more baggage and I believe it should *not* serve as the basis for anything we might adopt as a community.</div></div><div><br></div><div>[1]: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html" target="_blank">https://news.ycombinator.<wbr>com/newsguidelines.html</a> see section "In Comments"</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 1:13 AM, Simon Peyton Jones via Haskell-community <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:haskell-community@haskell.org" target="_blank">haskell-community@haskell.org</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I second what Tom says below.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Almost everyone expresses their views with respect, even when disagreeing. The exceptions are (in my guess) mostly unintentional, at least in the extent of the offence caused. That does
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I’ve been talking to a couple of people about whether it would be useful to have an explicit Haskell Community Code of Conduct. Many online communities have one (e.g.
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<b>To:</b> Fumiaki Kinoshita <<a href="mailto:fumiexcel@gmail.com" target="_blank">fumiexcel@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Civility notes (was "Traversable instances for (,,) a b")<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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I agree with you that some poorly-chosen words by a few people have soured this conversation, but please don't let that turn you completely off of the productive conversation most of us are attempting to have! I think it's largely been successful, too:
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To the rest of us: Fumiaki regretting having posted here is a pretty stark example of why speaking politely matters. People being scared away and feeling unwelcome is a real phenomenon, and we need to do our part to fix it. I'd propose:<br>
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- Civility is a norm, and norms sometimes need to be enforced. From a distance, we all look bad (and unwelcoming!) if anyone is hostile and we don't make it clear it's not acceptable. Speak up! That said, everyone makes mistakes - try to give people space
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If you're called out for saying something regrettable (again, regardless of if you're +1 or -1 on this issue), *please* take our desire for civil conversation seriously. Responses like (I'm paraphrasing, and not trying to cite anyone specifically): "It
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On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Fumiaki Kinoshita <<a href="mailto:fumiexcel@gmail.com" target="_blank">fumiexcel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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