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Re: On the Anti Harassment Team



On Sun, 2017-08-13 at 17:11 +0200, Margarita Manterola wrote:
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> 4) Name: we find that "anti harassment" is not a great name both because
> it's negative and because it puts people on edge when we contact them.  We
> asked people to suggest other names.  The current best suggestion that we
> have is "Respect & Inclusion team" with respect@debian.org as the alias
> (not created yet). This discussion is still open and we welcome other
> suggestions and ideas (contact us via antiharassment@debian.org ).

Emphasising "respect" may be problematic.  It's something abusive
people often demand when they encounter resistance.

You could use "safety" or "welfare" - but that might be claiming too
wide a role.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
If you seem to know what you are doing, you'll be given more to do.

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