[ubuntu-studio-devel] Proposal to sunset #ubuntustudio-offtopic

[Mike Squires]

Sounds good to me.

Mike Squires

On 10/5/23 15:15, Erich Eickmeyer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> There was an incident the other day in which someone requested support 
> in the #ubuntustudio-offtopic IRC channel. I answered their question 
> but requested they move to #ubuntustudio since this gets more view 
> (and is properly logged), but instead of doing the right thing and 
> doing what was requested, this person decided to berate me, then 
> threaten me which then got them kicked out and banned for violating 
> the Ubuntu Code of Conduct, after which they continued to threaten me 
> via private message, which then got them reported to staff and, 
> likely, K-lined.
>
> This, however, did get me thinking: this isn't the first time people 
> have been confused about the purpose of #ubuntustudio-offtopic, though 
> this is the first time someone has been so verbally violent about it. 
> Additionally, #ubuntustudio-offtopic doesn't see much use other than 
> Krytarik correcting my grammar. :)
>
> With that, I propose sunsetting #ubuntustudio-offtopic and combining 
> it with #ubuntustudio to make #ubuntustudio a support *and* discussion 
> channel, but anything other than the topic of Ubuntu Studio would be 
> requested to move to #ubuntu-offtopic for general chit-chat, as 
> #ubuntu-offtopic is a much more active room. The general idea is to 
> lower the confusion and to allow people to feel more welcome to 
> discuss Ubuntu Studio in our main chat.
>
> Let me know your thoughts.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Erich
> -- 
> Erich Eickmeyer
> Project Lead - Ubuntu Studio
> Technical Lead - Edubuntu
>
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