Policies/en/Code-of-Conduct-for-Technical-Spaces
This is a draft version. Source: adapted notably from MediaWiki.org, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct (CC BY-SA 4.0), with changes. Status: proposal, to be adopted. See the detailed disclaimer.
In simple words: the people who build the software and the technical infrastructure of the platform (developers, testers, documentation writers) also need rules of respect. This page proposes a code of conduct for those technical spaces: code repositories, task trackers, technical chats and technical events. Be respectful, no harassment, and a clear way to report problems.
Code of conduct for technical spaces
This is a proposed code of conduct for WikiDeal technical spaces. It would apply both within physical spaces, such as WikiDeal technical events and technical presentations in other events, and virtual spaces (code repositories, task trackers, technical documentation wikis, technical mailing lists and chat channels, and other development-oriented spaces operated for the WikiDeal Markets and Portals, collectively "the Platform").
Relationship with the Universal Code of Conduct: this code of conduct complements the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC), which applies across the whole Platform, with provisions specific to technical collaboration, in the same way as the Friendly space policy complements it for events.
Principles
In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming community, participation in WikiDeal technical projects is intended to be a respectful and harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, neuroatypicality, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, political affiliation, or religion.
Technical skills and community status make no difference to the right to be respected and the obligation to respect others. Newcomers and other contributors with limited experience deserve a welcoming attitude and constructive feedback. Prolific contributions and technical expertise are not a justification for lower standards of behaviour.
Unacceptable behaviour
Harassment and other types of inappropriate behaviour are unacceptable in all public and private WikiDeal technical spaces. Examples include but are not limited to:
- Personal attacks, violence, threats of violence, threats of legal action, or deliberate intimidation.
- Offensive, derogatory, or discriminatory comments.
- Gratuitous or off-topic use of sexual language or imagery.
- Inappropriate or unwanted attention, touching, or physical contact (sexual or otherwise).
- Inappropriate or unwanted public or private communication, following, or any form of stalking.
- Unwanted photography or recording.
- Disclosure of a person's identity or other private information without their consent. Disclosure of some identifying information is not consent to disclose other identifying information.
- Inappropriate or unwanted publication of private communication. Publishing or reporting private communication or personally identifying information for the purposes of reporting harassment and/or in the case of whistleblowing is acceptable.
- Harming the discussion or community with methods such as sustained disruption, interruption, or blocking of community collaboration (i.e. trolling).
- Discrimination, particularly against marginalised and otherwise underrepresented groups. Targeted outreach to such groups is allowed and encouraged.
- Using the code of conduct system for purposes other than reporting genuine violations of the code of conduct (for example, retaliating against a reporter or victim by filing a report claiming their response was harassment).
- Attempting to circumvent a decision of the body handling code of conduct reports, for example unblocking someone during a period they were banned.
Report a problem
- In case of threats of harm and other urgent situations, notify the relevant authorities first (if possible), then report to info@wikideal.net.
People who experience or observe unacceptable behaviour are encouraged to follow any of these steps:
- Ask the person who is behaving unacceptably to stop. Make them aware of this code of conduct.
- If you are at an event, report the problem to the event organisers, or a designated contact.
- Report the problem to info@wikideal.net. A dedicated Code of Conduct Committee for technical spaces could be established by the future governance bodies; until then, reports would be handled by the designated team of the hosting foundation, following the proposed path of mediation first, then arbitration (see the Justice portal). You can also send a report if you reported an incident elsewhere but were not satisfied with the response.
Reports can be as short as a notification with a link, but more information will help understand what is happening. You can include:
- Your contact information (for example your usernames), if you want to identify yourself.
- Your account of the incident:
- Where and when it happened.
- A description of the unacceptable behaviour.
- Who was involved and who saw it happen.
- Whether the incident is ongoing.
- Any additional information that will help fully understand the problem, such as previous incidents or special circumstances.
- Links to public records of the incident, if any.
- Screenshots showing what exactly happened.
Reports would be processed confidentially.
Attribution and re-use
The source of this code of conduct, the code of conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces, is itself adapted from the Contributor Covenant, the jQuery Code of Conduct, the Open Code of Conduct, and the Citizen Code of Conduct, along with a friendly space policy for events. Text from the Contributor Covenant and the jQuery Code of Conduct is used under the MIT licence; text from the Open Code of Conduct is used under a Creative Commons Attribution licence; text from the Citizen Code of Conduct is used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence; the overall source text is under CC BY-SA 4.0.
We value each other's contributions and each contributor's commitment to making the technical spaces friendly spaces for everyone.