[Development] QUIP 12: Code of Conduct

[Ulf Hermann]

> Here's what Tero wrote on the boards (shortened the tips about language, 
> which shrunk it by about 5%-10%) as a guideline for moderators:
> 
>     *The short moderation and banning guideline for the Qt Forum*
>     First, the Qt Community is in general a friendly place. When you
>     applied or were called to be a moderator, several other moderators
>     read a good section of your posts, and agreed that you are very
>     friendly towards to community in addition to being knowledgeable in
>     Qt. Thank you, and keep up the friendly attitude!
> 
>     Always assume that the person asking has a real valid problem.
>     Trolls and ranters are very rare here, so it's best to assume that a
>     person sounding aggressive is just having a bad day, or that english
>     is their third or second language. The language barrier may cause
>     the question to sound strange. 
> 
>       [...]
> 
>     In general the following types of posts will be deleted
>     obvious spam
>     'support' phone numbers
>     obviously non-Qt services and sites
>     backlink spam (spam with links to a completely non-Qt site, with the
>     intention of raising search engine rankings)
>     swearing
>     completely off topic posting
>     posting the same question in multiple subforums (remember to post a
>     note on the one you leave up)
>     Banning is in place when:
>     The user posts harmful spam
>     Abusive behaviour, swearing and being offensive
> 
> 
> It's reasonable, short enough, easy to comprehend and apply.

Most of the problems listed there are much too harmless to invoke the 
code of conduct about them and the "abuse" clause is too vague:

* Spammers of all kinds are generally not long time community members 
and will just disappear when you confront them. There is no point in 
designing an elaborate process for removing spam. That should just stay 
as it is.

* Offtopic and multi-posting is not a thing the Code of Conduct should 
cover. The Code of Conduct is for behavior that's actually hurtful to 
someone.

* Swearing is one of the things the Committee might handle with a 
private reprimand. This is sufficiently covered by the current proposal.

* Abusive behavior is what the code of conduct is actually about and 
that needs to be defined in more detail. Hence the more elaborate wording.

Ulf