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Nov 27, 2018 at 12:17 comment added beeshyams +1 for A sure way to make the site look less welcoming is to scare the nice people into silence while the bullies keep doing what they were doing
Jul 17, 2018 at 14:56 comment added Mark Olson The phrase "No subtle put-downs or unwelcoming language. Regardless of intent, this behavior can have a significant negative impact on others." is a deep flaw in an otherwise pretty good CoC. It's an invitation for abuse. The rest of the CoC can work well (with reasonable people moderating.) I don't think this bit can be made to work even by reasonable moderators.
Jul 16, 2018 at 11:38 comment added Lawrence @Lundin The point is that if they don't "simply stay away from edits", the new CoC might prevent mods from taking action.
Jul 6, 2018 at 13:06 comment added Lundin While we might not require fluent English for posting on the sites, the bar for suggesting or reviewing edits must be another thing entirely. Someone who isn't mostly fluent in English should simply stay away from edits.
Jul 4, 2018 at 14:56 comment added Dan Hulme @RuiFRibeiro I don't quite follow. Anyone who says outright that certain groups are unwelcome is censured. That's what happens now and I don't think anyone is proposing to change that. That's a form of discrimination we can and do police. My point is that there are some forms of discrimination we can't really do anything about.
Jul 4, 2018 at 14:26 comment added Rui F Ribeiro You raise some interesting points. I do wonder however what are the repercussions of managing saying some demographic is more welcome than other.
Jul 4, 2018 at 13:20 comment added Magisch @DavidPostill I find that to be a valid question though. What if it becomes really obvious? Like in some smaller tags, some users answer almost every question in that tag. What if accusations of such behavior come forth? I agree in so far as that it sounds like a goldmine for people who just want to stir drama.
Jul 4, 2018 at 10:35 comment added DavidPostill "What if we have a user who is a prolific answerer, but never answers questions from someone with an Indian-sounding username? What if they never answer questions from one particular individual, who is known in the community to be homosexual? " Nobody is (or should be) forced to answer questions so mentioning this issue when somebody doesn't answer is both pointless and irrelevant to the CoC. You can't accuse someone of discrimination by not doing something they are not required to do.
Jul 4, 2018 at 9:40 history answered Dan Hulme CC BY-SA 4.0