Re: WIP: CoC

On 01/11/2016 02:41 PM, Brian Dunavant wrote:
>>> "3) A safe, respectful, productive and collaborative environment is
>>> free of negative personal criticism directed at a member of a
>>> community, rather than at the technical merit of a topic."
>>>
>
>> A safe, respectful, productive and collaborative environment is free
>> of non-technical or personal comments related to gender, sexual orientation,
>> disability, physical appearance, body size or race.
>
> Between these two I still prefer my wording here because it
> encompasses all personal attacks regardless of topic or type and
> avoids hot-button words that distract from the point and can be used
> for lawyering. It also emphasizes the desired behavior instead, that
> criticism should be about the technical merit of the topic. "Don't be
> a jerk, and stick to the code." Maybe even rewording it to be a
> positive instead of a negative would improve it further.
>
> "A safe, respectful, productive and collaborative environment is one
> that focuses on the technical merit of ideas and solutions rather than
> on the person behind them."
>

How about we meet in the middle:

A safe, respectful, productive and collaborative environment is free
of non-technical or personal comments related to gender, sexual
orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race or
personal attacks.

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