Banned Words (Was: RFC: #ubuntu op misuse or not?)

[Joseph Price]

Good Afternoon Carl & thanks for your email.

While you raise many good points, as an Ubuntu op with access in a large
amount of channels I'm extremely concerned about policies being enforced
inconsistently. It's been made pretty clear that the d-word is totally off
limits in some people's opinion.

It is imperative that we make this policy transparent and communicate it
clearly to our users using a seamless, holistic approach. For example, is
the t-word also unacceptable⸮

What about abbreviations and obfuscation⸮ Is using 'd-word' acceptable⸮ How
about 'd*ctator'⸮ Has there bean a CC resolution around force-renaming the
sab*fl⸮

Thanks,

Pricey


On 19 May 2014 16:10, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com> wrote:

> "Please be considerate of everyone and keep all the Ubuntu IRC channels
> friendly places for everyone. This means that you should avoid any language
> which may be considered offensive, including acronyms and obfuscation of
> such language."
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines
>
> You could argue that the words do not always bla bla bla and you would be
> wrong ;)
>
> I think what is important is the meaning, which is not easy to define, so
> "keep ... friendly places" is good enough.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 9:25 AM, José Antonio Rey <jose at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>> I think common sense about what words to use/not to use is fine. Also,
>> it is widely known to not discuss topics about politics/religion as they
>> may be sensitive (like in this case)
>>
>> On 05/19/2014 09:23 AM, Joseph Price wrote:
>> > On 17 May 2014 07:58, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com
>> > <mailto:valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Rohan Dhruva <
>> rohandhruva at gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:rohandhruva at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >     > * ops basing ban decisions based on personal prejudice (e.g.
>> towards
>> >     > words like blitzkrieg and dictator, drawing conclusions of World
>> War
>> >     > II and Hitler)
>> >
>> >     Such language is not welcome in an *buntu space. In fact, it is not
>> >     welcome anywhere on the Internet, IMO.
>> >
>> >
>> > Good Afternoon Valorie,
>> >
>> > Is there a link to the banned words list anywhere? Or is a bot enforcing
>> > it? I can't see any documentation.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Pricey
>> >
>> >
>>
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