Draft message to Community ML - comments, please

["Gérard Talbot"]

> On Monday 05 August 2013 15:13:32 Frederik Schwarzer wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would only ban him after telling him that what he does is considered
>> harmful. Maybe he is not aware of the consequences for others.
>
> I am assuming people talked to him. If so, I suggest to mail the cwg team
> about it and block him as proposed by Ann. The CWG can handle it further
> (tell
> him about the why etc etc).
>
> Cheers,
> J
>
>> Regards
>>
>> On 5 August 2013 13:04, Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Anne Wilson <annew at kde.org> wrote:
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>> > > Some time ago a user started a page on http://community.kde.org on
>> > > which he detailed things that he considered to be wrong with KDE
>> > > software.  The comments were largely subjective, and in many cases
>> > > demonstrated things that were not the general experience.  At that
>> > > point he was asked to substantiate his complaints by pointing to bug
>> > > reports.
>> > >
>> > > That strategy backfired, as he then began creating a barrage of bug
>> > > reports, creating a good deal of work for triagers who have to
>> decide
>> > > whether the report is a duplicate of some other, or invalid for any
>> > > reason.  Up to now people have been very patient with him, but it
>> has
>> > > come to our notice that he has crossed a line.
>> > >
>> > > He has now begun defacing other pages, adding links to his comments
>> > > page and/or his bug reports.  This basically results in what should
>> be
>> > > "official" information, posted by developers of the application in
>> > > question, being questionable, in that the reader cannot easily
>> > > differentiate his input.
>> > >
>> > > In view of this we have reached the point where we believe that he
>> > > should be banned from posting on the wikis, and his comments
>> > > completely removed.


I also believe he should be banned from posting on the wikis and I also
believe that his comments should be completely removed. The sanction fits
the offense. So, I fully support such sanction.

I also believe he should no longer be able to create bug reports for, say,
at least 1 year.

Just my opinion.

Gérard Talbot


>> >
>> > The users conduct in this case basically constitutes a violation of
>> > the code of conduct, so this has my full support.
>> >
>> > > Anne Wilson
>> > > annew at kde.org
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>> > Thanks,
>> > Ben
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