Re: [gentoo-project] Appeals of Moderation Decisions

[Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>]

On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 1:34 AM desultory <desultory@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> As originally constituted, proctors were to essentially be CoC
> enforcement for media no other team was in place (mostly the mailing
> lists), expanding their role to be yet another level of appeal in media
> where other teams are in place seems to be muddling their purpose somewhat.

The chartering of the Proctors basically covers CoC enforcement on all
Gentoo communication.  The Forum moderators are even specifically
mentioned on the Proctors wiki as a means of contacting Proctors.  I
believe the long-term intent was to unify these various groups to some
extent, but this has not yet happened.  I think this should also
suggest that the appeals process should be the same as for proctors,
since these other moderators are basically acting as extensions of
proctors even if not formalized.

So far the proctors have mainly focused on areas like the
lists/bugzilla where productive Gentoo development occur which lack
any other moderation.  When other moderation teams are already
creating a place for productive Gentoo work we haven't gotten as
involved yet, such as:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1090810-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-50.html
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1080592-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-25.html
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1049438-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-.html
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1091348.html

I'm not saying that we need some kind of mad rush to consolidate all
moderation activity (otherwise I'd be proposing this).  I'm just not
sure I'd be in a rush to say that there isn't opportunity for
improvement either (and the same is certainly true of the mailing
lists, as my earlier reply to mgorny illustrates)...

-- 
Rich