Launchpad etiquette document/code of conduct

[Matthew East]

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Hi,

* Caroline Ford:
> On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 08:05 +0100, Matthew East wrote:
> 
>> 2. When interacting with people on bug reports, I like to know their
>> real name :)
>>
> But you are making people expose real life details about themselves - I
> think launchpad already "requires" this to be taken seriously as a
> contributor.
> 
> Why should I have to declare I'm a woman (or say a muslim) to contribute
> effectively to Ubuntu?
>
> The work done on women in FLOSS suggests that women generally use gender
> neutral nicknames, initials etc to not stand out. In my time on malone
> I've had large photos of random men sent to me and other unrequested
> rubbish. I would never have had that if launchpad had allowed me to be
> "secretlondon" (as I can on wikipedia) without also having to declare
> that I'm also called Caroline.

(Launchpad does currently allow that.)

Part of my problem is when I know the name of a person I'm looking for
already, and can't find them because they have not clearly understood
the way that Launchpad works.

I'm saddened to hear that women need to use neutral nicknames in order
to contribute to FLOSS. Clearly if someone wishes to remain anonymous
(for whatever reason), that is something that needs to be available to
them. I wouldn't suggest that giving real names become a "requirement"
as opposed to a "guideline".

I'd like to understand more (even if I'm drifting off topic in this part
of the email). Do you feel more comfortable using your real name when
sending emails to public mailing lists than when using Launchpad (for
example)? If so, what's the reason for that?

Matt
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