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Re: forums.debian.net - who's in charge?



Hey Donald,

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 01:32:32PM -0400, Donald Norwood wrote:
>On 3/29/21 11:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 07:58:33AM -0700, Felix Lechner wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 7:34 AM Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's better to do something about
>>>> that up-front (ideally by provoking people to step up) than wait for
>>>> bad things to happen.
>>>
>>> I agree with that sentiment, but in light of other efforts to limit
>>> public discourse—such as shortening the discussion period on a
>>> controversial GR—it seems poor timing to shut down a public forum.
>> 
>> Is that you volunteering to be an admin, then...?
>
>Is there a set of documentation/rules in place for it? I can assist if
>needed under publicity/press. Technically it could be considered media.

I think the key piece I'm looking for is people prepared to admin and
monitor the forums as a safe place for Debian users. Documenting what
that means shouldn't be too hard - we'd want to see our existing CoC
applied.

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
"War does not determine who is right - only who is left."
   -- Bertrand Russell


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