Josepha 8:47 pm on May 20, 2022
Tags: code of conduct, discussion ( 7 ), handbook ( 4 )

Discussion: Contrib Handbook, Part 3

It’s time for the next round of discussions (check out the #handbook tag if you’ve missed the others)! Today we’re opening comments on a code of conduct. Please share your thoughts on what works, what could be improved, and what needs correction.

Community Code of Conduct v1

In coming weeks, I’ll also share a Conflict of Interest Policy and Code of Ethics for your input.

Please share your feedback in the comments of the documents!

#code-of-conduct, #discussion, #handbook

Courtney Robertson 10:30 pm on May 20, 2022

Can you share the scope of where this would be in place? I’m thinking of potential violations not at a WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more./MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area., Making WP SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., Make site, or GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ WP organization

Examples: attendee at a WordCamp but noticeable misconduct outside the venue. Or ranting into the Twitter void. In an email newsletter, or on a recorded audio/visual channel. If it is very public, and an infraction happens in those locations, would that impact the involvement in the official WP spaces?
- Angela Jin 4:43 pm on May 26, 2022
  
  That’s a really great question! The immediate scope is community spaces, like ones you’ve noted, and applies when individuals are officially representing the WP community in public spaces.
  
  But I certainly see that, if a public infraction happens outside of official WP spaces, it may impact WP community spaces too. Drawing on my experience with the Community Team, when deputies vet a new meetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. or WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. organizer, we do look at social media profiles for anything that might be against the events code of conduct or five good faith rules. I can’t recall a time where I saw anything completely inappropriate, but have see a few instances that started some conversations.
  
  I think it will largely be based on the situation itself, and expect that this future incident response team will come to some consensus in those moments. And in that way, we can create some precedent.
Angela Jin 10:21 am on May 27, 2022

Since four parts of the Contributor Handbook have been announced, I’ve collected and posted them here. As more get posted, I’ll keep adding those, and updating with any edits.

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