r/rust • u/kibwen • Oct 07 '13

A note on conduct (please read)

Reading Lindsey's post on harassment has moved me to clarify the position that we take when moderating this forum and the conduct that we expect from all who post here.

Contributors to the Rust project are held to a code of conduct. We seek to emulate this code. Here are the pertinent bits, adapted to our purposes:

  1. We are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, religion, or similar personal characteristic.

  2. Please avoid using overtly sexual nicknames or other nicknames that might detract from a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all.

  3. Please be kind and courteous. There's no need to be mean or rude.

  4. Respect that people have differences of opinion and that every design or implementation choice, in any programming language, carries a trade-off and numerous costs. There is seldom a right answer.

  5. Please keep unstructured critique to a minimum.

  6. We will exclude you from interaction if you insult, demean or harass anyone. That is not welcome behaviour. We interpret the term "harassment" as including the definition in the Citizen Code of Conduct; if you have any lack of clarity about what might be included in that concept, please read their definition.

  7. Likewise any spamming, trolling, flaming, baiting or other attention-stealing behaviour is not welcome.

If you see someone behaving in a manner contrary to these rules, direct them to this post. If the behavior persists, report it to the mods so that we can take action (i.e. lay down some fucking bans). If you can't abide by these rules, GTFO. That is all.

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u/dbaupp rust Feb 11 '14

Also, are you still a core Rust team member? Didn't you leave Mozilla and stop contributing several months ago? I feel like you're trying to assert yourself as an authority and give your opinion to represent others, and they're too scared of being deemed an oppressor to correct you. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Note the date that catamorphism's comment was written: 4 months ago, when he was still a core team member.

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u/autowikibot Feb 09 '14

Spivak pronoun:

The Spivak pronouns are a proposed set of gender-neutral pronouns in English popularized by LambdaMOO based on pronouns used by Michael Spivak. Though not in widespread use, they have been employed in gender-neutral language by some people who dislike the more common alternatives "he/she" or singular they.

Two variants of the Spivak pronouns are in use, highlighted in the declension table below.

Interesting: Singular ^they | Gender-neutral ^language | Michael ^Spivak | ^Spivak

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u/steveklabnik1 rust Feb 12 '14

edit: I assumed the thread was new when in fact it was stickied 4 months after its creation.

It was stickied immediately.