On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:49:24 +0200, Knurpht-openSUSE wrote:
Sorry to say so, but this feels ( and will feel for others ) as a kick in the nuts of moderators and admins who try to keep the community safe. When we created the CoC we all agreed that these apply to all our platforms. No exceptions. The mods have over a long time received complaints about our IRC and this message implicitely dismisses those complaints. Needless to say that I firmly disagree with that.
I concur with this position. Either the CoC applies in all of the openSUSE community spaces, or it is not useful. Being "technically not in violation of the CoC" isn't sufficient, IMO. Violating the spirit of the CoC is just as bad as violating the letter of it. It's about intent. As I understand it, one of the ops in that channel is someone who violated the forum rules repeatedly over years and got themselves banned from the forums permanently. I cannot fathom how someone who repeatedly violates the rules of one of our community spaces is still allowed to be a moderator in another area. "Because it's always been there" is not a good reason to do nothing. If people want to sit around and make fart jokes, there are plenty of places on the Internet to do that that are not associated with the openSUSE name. That it's not easily findable isn't the issue. Bad behavior that is hidden is still bad behavior. If the majority of the board feels the way Simon does, then I'm not sure where that leaves us. -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits