[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Removal of Valerii Zapodovnikov

[Paul B Mahol]

Outrageous!

On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 4:49 PM Nicolas George <george at nsup.org> wrote:

> Thilo Borgman (12021-06-10):
> > some of you might have realized that I've removed Valerii Zapodovnikov
> > from our mailing list after [1].
> >
> > I did this in my function as a mailing list admin because I think our
> > guidelines for the mailing list are mandatory for everyone to be
> > welcome here.
> > Plain rejection of these guidelines makes you not welcome here by
> > definition.
> > Any bot would have made the same decision.
>
> For what it's worth, I had some reservations when first seeing the ban,
> but after reading your explanations, reviewing the facts and reading the
> reply, I have come to support your decision.
>
> What Valerii does not realize, I think, is that you were acting as
> administrator from the beginning, and that your injunction to follow the
> guidelines was not for you alone but for all the discussions.
>
> OTOH, it should be applied consistently, I believe I remember another
> case where somebody flat out rejected to follow the guidelines (about
> top-posting IIRC). If that happens again, the precedent should probably
> apply.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
>   Nicolas George
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