On 01/11/2016 02:22 PM, Brian Dunavant wrote:
>> 3. A safe, respectful, productive and collaborative environment is free
>> comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical
>> appearance, body size or race.
>
> I think you meant "free OF comments".
I did.
>
> However it still picks a few special classes of complaint, some of
> which cause ambiguity such as 'gender'. Does that mean I can't use
> "he/she" pronouns? It also implies that i'm allowed to criticize
> people in other ways, say, their political affiliation or country.
> Rather than list a bunch of "no no" perhaps something like:
>
> "3) A safe, respectful, productive and collaborative environment is
> free of negative personal criticism directed at a member of a
> community, rather than at the technical merit of a topic."
>
First, I want to make sure we don't get too far into the weeds here.
I think your example is a good one but I do think we need examples so
perhaps:
A safe, respectful, productive and collaborative environment is free
of non-technical or personal comments related to gender, sexual
orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size or race.
???
Sincerely,
JD
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