Re: Code of Conduct?

[Ben Abbott]

On Dec 15, 2012, at 4:52 PM, Michael Goffioul wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Søren Hauberg <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> On Dec 15, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Michael Goffioul wrote:
> > I think a lot of people are sharing your concern, including me. A code of 
> > conduct is nice, but as Torsten mentioned it, would it really prevent the 
> > issue? What's unbelievable is that you need to remind those rules to people 
> > who are supposed to be adults. IMO, what would be more effective is a 
> > moderator and banning those who do respect the rules (with a few 
> > preliminary warnings). Yes, this sounds harsh, but the octave mailing lists 
> > are not a place for what happened these last few weeks.
> 
> I agree that having a code of conduct without having consequences for 
> violators would be pointless. I don't think having a single moderator would 
> be practical, though. I think some sort of community based system would be 
> more realistic; I'm unsure about the details of such a system.
> 
> I don't think you need a democracy to handle the obvious. A single (wise 
> enough) person should be enough. It's a dirty job, but apparently it's needed.
> 
> Michael.

I agree that a single benevolent moderator should be sufficient.  If he turns 
out not to be sufficiently benevolent, then a democratic process may be applied 
to resolve the problem?

Ben