Draft message to Community ML - comments, please
Jos Poortvliet
jospoortvliet at gmail.com
Wed Aug 7 09:08:56 UTC 2013
On Tuesday 06 August 2013 06:51:32 Gérard Talbot wrote:
> > 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.
I'd say - let's see if he gets the message and learns. If he does, no reason
to punish him further.
> 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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