Re: My thoughts on recent event

2017-04-22 19:08 GMT+02:00 Alex Eng <[email protected]>:
> Guys,
>
> I know this email will somehow backfire on me or brings out more harsh
> discussion but I was disappointed and upset by this issue for few days now
> and just want to put it out there.
>
> Recently I have sent out a survey request for Zanata platform in this
> mailing list, asking for translators' feedback for improvement and
> understand our users. But it was knocked back for various reasons.
>
> I admit there are few points that were pointed out are valid and should be
> corrected, eg. Mandatory of email, and use of Google. However, I was
> troubled by the rather harsh critics and unexpected response. And yes, I do
> take it personally.
>
> The comments below are all my opinion personally.
>
> 1) I never force anyone to partake the survey, if anyone is uncomfortable
> doing it, then don't do it.
> 2) One of the reason I was told is that the survey is only for the benefit
> of Zanata, not Fedora. That to me is a very selfish mindset and I strongly
> disagree with that. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that's how
> Fedora community works.
> 3) Another reason was I need to "discuss it first" before doing it. For a
> survey? Although I understand the benefit of letting the group know
> beforehand, but is it not the same as sending out the survey and just don't
> do it if you're not comfortable?
> 4) I was told to " respect mailing lists guidelines". Isn't mailing list
> main purpose it for communication? And I do think it is the right platform
> to use to communicate with all translators in Fedora, unless there are some
> other ways. Until now, I am still not sure what wrong I did in the email.
> Maybe I'm violating the guideline in this email too :)
>
> Having to work with various large communities, I understand different people
> have different opinion and I do respect that. Also I like to think myself as
> a reasonable person which often takes critics as an opportunity to improve
> myself, or on any project. Often I do try my best to provide explanation and
> solution to any issue. But getting complaint just to send out a survey with
> the impression of no respect at all is a whole new level for me.
>
> I believe community work is only success by working together and be able to
> provide constructive feedback to each other for improvement. This to me will
> not help with the situation and only will move things backwards.
> My main goal in the Fedora community is to improve and help the project with
> whatever I can. If I am doing things not in the right way, please do let me
> know and I am more than happy to be corrected.
>

Hi Alex,

As far as I can tell, your message was absolutely fine and you didn’t
break any “guidelines”. Asking for volunteers to fill out a survey is
perfectly acceptable. I’m really sorry for what happened to you. I
sincerely hope that this was just a linguistic misunderstanding and we
can move on and work together.

I’d like to remind everyone on this list about
<https://getfedora.org/en/code-of-conduct>. Only by being excellent to
each other can we achieve our common goals.

Best regards,

-- 
Piotr Drąg
https://piotrdrag.fedorapeople.org
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