Re: Reminder: communicate constructively - Re: Newsletter & Call for Papers WebSci'18

Thanks Coralie & Dan for being the voice of reason.

I suggest calling time on the previous thread.


On 22 February 2018 at 16:47, Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org> wrote:

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> Technically the Semantic Web Interest Group is out of charter and this
> list is not governed by W3C Process (its members never clicked through any
> agreements), but yes - Harry, no need for personal attacks here, rules or
> no rules. I can also sympathize with those who have been on the receiving
> end of Sarven's tireless advocacy. This has been a tension point around
> Semantic Web more or less since academia noticed RDF in 2001 or so, which
> was also roughly when 'Semantic Web' was claimed as a slogan by communities
> for whom the 'Web' part was largely an after-thought rather than
> foundational. Many working in academia feel very constrained by processes
> and workflows beyond their control, and publicly shaming those who are
> entangled with PDFs (and closed publishing) may not be the most
> constructive way to move things along. Discussions here work best when we
> can avoid us-and-them-ism and focus on common ground and interests. Phrased
> differently, and less aggressively/personally, Harry's point about
> mathematical markup could have been a foundation for collaboration rather
> than fight-winning (as could some of Sarven's critiques too).
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> Dan
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> On 22 Feb 2018 06:20, "Coralie Mercier" <coralie@w3.org> wrote:
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> Dear Harry, all,
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> On this matter as well as all others we are debating passionately, it's
> important to uphold the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct [1] that is
> in effect. It calls for civil discussion, for communicating constructively,
> offering objective work criticism, etc. This is the standard of
> conversation we expect and are serious about.
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> Section 3.1 “Individual Participation Criteria” of the W3C Process
> Document [2] reminds that
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> Participants in any W3C activity must abide by the terms and spirit of the
> W3C Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct […]
> }}
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> Thank you,
> Coralie Mercier, Head of W3C Marketing & Communications
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> [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/cepc/
> [2] https://www.w3.org/2018/Process-20180201/#ParticipationCriteria
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> On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:57:05 +0000, Harry Halpin <hhalpin@ibiblio.org>
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> > As I have pointed out many times, […]
> > So I basically consider it a solvable problem
> > that requires real work, but until I see real work I consider Sarven’s
> > posts to basically be pointless spam and borderline trolling.
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> > Since I have no desire to see spam in my inbox, I will unsubscribe from
> > this mailing list quite shortly likely.
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> Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Marketing & Communications -  https://www.w3.org
> mailto:coralie@w3.org +337 810 795 22 https://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/
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