If this is really the flagged post, I don’t see anything offensive or disrupting. Anyway, even if we trust the words of David Mertz, and a post Guido Van Rossum was censored, who knows if this is really the post? Even if the post was hidden in past, now is completely visible.
I prefer to stick to the facts. David Mertz said:
It is not only me who has been exiled. My friend Tim Peters, creator of Timsort, the Zen of Python, and largely the co-equal creator of Python, was similarly banned, for similar polite disagreement. When organizations break down, lists of internal enemies quickly emerge.
As we know, David Mertz refers to this topic:
(Posting for the whole Steering Council)
The Steering Council, following a recommendation from the PSF’s Code of Conduct Workgroup, has decided to suspend a Core Developer for three months. Quoting the CoC WG’s recommendation:
The user showed these repeated violations of the following behaviors expected by the Code of Conduct:
Overloading the discussion of the bylaws change (47 out of 177 posts in topic at the time the moderators closed the topic), which created an atmosphere of fear, uncer…
This is the list of Tim’s violations:
Overloading the discussion of the bylaws change (47 out of 177 posts in topic at the time the moderators closed the topic), which created an atmosphere of fear, uncertainty, and doubt, which encouraged increasingly emotional responses from other community members. The later result of the vote showed 81% support for the most controversial of the bylaws changes, which demonstrates the controversy was blown out of proportion.
Defending “reverse racism” and “reverse sexism”, concepts not backed by empirical evidence, which could be seen as deliberate intimidation or creating an exclusionary environment.
Using potentially offensive language or slurs, in one case even calling an SNL skit from the 1970s using the same slur “genuinely funny”, which shows a lack of empathy towards other community members.
Making light of sensitive topics like workplace sexual harassment, which could be interpreted as harassment or creating an unwelcoming environment.
Casually mentioning scenarios involving sexual abuse, which may be inappropriate or triggering for some audiences.
Discussing bans or removals of community members, which may be seen as publishing private information without permission.
Dismissing unacceptable behavior of others as a “neurodivergent” trait, which is problematic because it creates a stereotype that neurodivergent people are hard to interact with and need special treatment.
Excessive discussion of controversial topics or past conflicts, which could be seen as sustained disruption of community discussions.
Use of potentially offensive terms, even when self-censored or alluded to indirectly.
Making assumptions or speculations about other community members’ motivations and/or mental health.
For what I know, this is the thread about the bylaws changes:
edited on 2024-06-15 20:08:53 UTC to include direct links to the proposed changes; no other substantial change was made to the text of the post
edited on 2024-06-27 22:12 UTC to update the link to change 2 with an additional typo fix
This year, as part of our annual election process, the Python Software Foundation Board is offering three bylaws changes for our Members to vote on. These changes are all centered on our membership experience: making it simpler to qualify as a Member for Python-re…
Can someone point me to the offending posts?