On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:33:42PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Joey Hess: > > Simply obfuscating the name on the list of banned users (or not posting > > any names at all, only links to the posts that led to the ban) would > > eliminate most reputational damage. Ie, random searches for that > > person would not turn up a high pagerank debian.org page listing their > > youthful indiscretions. > > Using eg "J. Hess" would probably be fine in most cases. > I recommend to use a web page, and not announce bans on public mailing > lists because such announcements invite subsequent discussion, likely > decloaking the banned poster. Reducing subsequent discussion is inseparable from reducing both oversight and the closure given to other list participants. I don't consider posting such content on a web page to suitably address the concerns. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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