policy wrt politics (was RE: be-tarask language subtag registration form)

[Mark Crispin]

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007, Peter Constable wrote:
> a)  Reject any request with political issues to ensure this list avoids 
> politics?
> b)  Evaluate any request solely on non-political criteria? (We would 
> still need to ensure that subtags are non-offensive.)
> c)  Try to judge on a case-by-case basis what is the best way to walk 
> through the political minefield?

d) A modified synthesis of (a) and (b).  In the event that any request is 
determined to have political undertones, then reject ALL requests 
associated with the politics until such time as ALL the players in the 
politics can come up with a unified proposal that is acceptable to ALL of 
them.

This explicitly means that any player can veto his opponent's proposal, 
but only at the cost of blocking his own proposal.

In effect this is "children, don't bother the adults until you learn to 
play nicely together".

-- Mark --

http://staff.washington.edu/mrc
Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.