[opensuse] Re: Private insulting acceptable?

On 06.01.2012 18:36, Pascal Bleser wrote:

On 2012-01-06 18:31:09 (+0100), Kim Leyendecker wrote:

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On 06.01.2012 03:58, Insomniac wrote: <snip> Written in private mail, will only make it public if he wants to.

is it acceptable for our admins and for others, that people answers you privatly and insult you for such a random topic (replying to them directly)? Could we might extend the netiquette to avoid such things in future? While I don't know about the substance of the insults, and don't really want to know, I'll answer in a more generic way :)

No, it's not acceptable to insult, attack, harass people in this project. We can all have a bad day, or react emotionally, and we should all have enough of a grain of salt to look past the occasional slip or misunderstanding. But if it happens in an extreme (stalking, harassment, discreditation, manipulation, ...) or systematic way, or on a repeated basis, then action must definitely be taken.

Such action would typically be to try to resolve the matter peacefully, e.g. explaining to that person why his/her behaviour is not acceptable, and that it will not be tolerated in this project and, if that doesn't help, the person should be removed from the project. That is obviously a last resort but, alas, it is necessary sometimes.

If you believe that is the case, please contact board@opensuse.org as that is the right piece of the puzzle to address those things.

I'm not on the board yet (AFAIK we'll switch to the new board term+team middle of next week) so I won't pick it up from here myself :)

cheers

+1 I wouldn't say that the insulting was that high, but I wanted to point out that we might want to add a sentence to the netiquette that sounds like "please keep in mind that personal insulting both on the list nor in private mail is accepted by the project and will be sanctioned by the board" just to be sure, everybody knows about (what actually should be the case already, since it's common sense.) --kdl -- kind regards, -o) German Wiki Team Kim Leyendecker /\\ Documentation& marketing www.opensuse.org _\_v leyendecker@opensuse.org ===================================================== my GPG Key: 664265369547B825 | IRC: k-d-l Twitter: kim_d_ley | Wiki-Username: openLHAG openSUSE - Linux for open minds - get it free today! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org