I might have sent something about this to the list earlier, but it's been a while. This isn't just my opinion but rather a shared philosophy about comments among editors. * We didn't want the Magazine to become a support forum, so we encourage folks to use the appropriate channels to get targeted help. Otherwise article authors can feel like they're on the hook to be a support mechanism for people. We try to point to the canonical wiki page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicating_and_getting_help * We typically get rid of comments that are either (a) repetitive, (b) lack any constructive value, (c) stage pesonal or project attacks, and/or (d) are way off topic. One thing I encourage editors to remember is that we're not required to publish anything that anyone sends in (comments or otherwise). We want the Magazine to be an enjoyable and informative forum, so we aim for content that supports that goal. My analogy is an open-house party. Everyone's welcome to come in and enjoy themselves within common rules of decorum. But if someone starts dumping punch in the pool or smearing cheese dip on the wall, they'd be shown the door. Paul On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 8:47 PM SysOp <sysop+fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I don't think I've ever read the comments on any of the articles but I tend to be more for allowing comments as long as they aren't harassing other users/authors and or spreading mis information. If the post is accurate and contributes to the conversation/article that sounds good to me. On the other hand I tend to think more that comments that ONLY say "Don't ask xyz here without an answer or a redurection" do not contribute at all and would probably hit any personal filter I would set long before a question would. > > > Just my personal view as a new person to the group and what I think would help foster a more welcoming and better community > > On May 16, 2020 2:42:05 PM CDT, Gregory Bartholomew <gregory.lee.bartholomew@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >I've been randomly checking the magazine's dashboard and approving comments > >as part of my editor duties, but I saw one from Paul that has me wondering > >if maybe I should be rejecting more of them. > > > >Paul said something to the effect of "this isn't a support forum". And that > >makes sense to me -- we don't necessarily want all the problems advertised > >on the magazine. At the same time though, I have rejected some comments > >just because they were low information, excessively critical/negative, and > >repeated what had already been stated (in a better way) by others. But then > >the commenter sent another comment complaining/asking why his/her comment > >had been rejected. I think Red Hat's motto is "be open", so I'm not quite > >sure how to handle some of these situations. > > > >I think it would be a nice feature if there were an option to have the > >rejection message say something like "Please direct support-related posts > >to https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/";. Maybe such a feature exists and > >I'm not aware of it? > > > >Just tying to make sure that I am handling this part of the job properly. > > > >Thanks. > >_______________________________________________ > >Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > >List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > >List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
