Re: Debian's Freenode IRC channels
Steve Langasek wrote:
> Hi Melissa,
>
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 08:18:48PM +1100, Melissa Draper wrote:
>> Vid Ayer wrote:
>>> On Jan 12, 2008 12:34 PM, Melissa Draper <melissa@meldraweb.com> wrote:
>>>> As part of my NY Resolutions, I decided it was time to get more
involved
>>>> in Debian, which involves hanging out in Debian channels more. Apart
>>>> from rejoining the OFTC Debian channels, I also joined the
Freenode ones
>>>> since they are still the more populous. The channels I joined included
>>>> #debian-offtopic - a 'secret' channel which they freely redirect
>>>> offtopic conversation to if they are asked for an offtopic channel.
>
>>> Its better to stick to the debian servers. Freenode is well freenode.
>>> Even Linuxchix had a similar problem years ago, its practically not
>>> possible to stop folks from creating channels. At best educate people
>>> where the correct resources lie, in this case : redirect folks to the
>>> debian servers.
>
>> The Debian community extends beyond OFTC and is in fact 2.5x larger on
>> Freenode than OFTC.
>
> I really wonder what kind of an answer you're looking to get from anyone
> about this.
Something more positive and less dismissive, that's for sure.
> irc.debian.org points to OFTC.
>
> All of the Debian development channels are on OFTC.
>
> Debian as a whole has effectively zero oversight on the #debian-*
channels
> on freenode.
I object to this. "Debian as a whole" includes the ordinary users,
whichever IRC network they prefer. I am not a developer, packager,
documenter or anything of the sort. 99% of my FOSS work is done directly
at the user level.
> Debian is a free OS, which means anyone is allowed to use it, including
> jerks of all shapes and sizes.
>
> So I don't know what you would expect Debian to do about this. Surely no
> one promised you that there are no Debian-using jerks on IRC?
I don't recall claiming that I was promised that there were no jerks. I
was not promised anything to that degree. It was merely indicated to me
often that Debian-Women had achieved what Ubuntu-Women had not. To me,
Ubuntu-Women has achieved a far further reach than the inner circles.
> For that
> matter, I can't imagine anyone making assurances about
#debian@freenode, let
> alone #debian-offtopic. Maybe the freenode channel has more people
in it,
> but er, evidently this is a case where more != better; and I don't know
> about anyone else, but speaking for myself I don't feel any great need to
> either rise to the defense of Debian users on an IRC channel I don't
> frequent, or attempt to enforce behavior standards on an IRC network that
> isn't affiliated with Debian.
I was not asking anyone to defend their sexist behaviour. I was merely
noting an observation about it, from the POV of a relative newcomer to
the community.
> I mean, I'm sorry that you had a bad experience, but whoever the
people on
> those channels are, by and large they're not /my/ Debian community....
>
Sorry, but the parts of the Debian community you don't care about, do
reflect on /your/ Debian community.
--
Sincerely
Melissa Draper
http://www.meldraweb.com
Phone: 0404 595 395
(intl): +61 404 595 395
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