policy wrt politics (was RE: be-tarask language subtag
registration form)
Mark Crispin
MRC at CAC.Washington.EDU
Sat Mar 31 18:52:50 CEST 2007
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.
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