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A comment on Code of Merit: A meritocratic approach to project management (2016). Parent comment

Re:Code of Merit: A meritocratic approach to project managem... by brobdingnagians on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @07:41AM (#18074870)
Why would you want to stop someone you see as bad from contributing to something you see as good? If that was the only good thing he was able to do, why not encourage him and help him?

It doesn't help to shun people just because you don't like them or what they do instead of helping them, persuading them, and encouraging them to grow.

If Hitler wanted to join my code project, I'd try to help steer him in the right direction and teach him to contribute something worthwhile.

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Re:Code of Merit: A meritocratic approach to project managem... by jawns on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @07:51AM (#18074924)
> If Hitler wanted to join my code project, I'd try to help steer him in the right direction and teach him to contribute something worthwhile.

I imagine you would have no worries about what might happen if Hitler's PRs are rejected and he gets angry about that?

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Re:Code of Merit: A meritocratic approach to project managem... by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @08:31AM (#18075221)
So, the solution to that would be to exclude him from the project, because while you fear the consequences of rejecting PRs from him, you see no risk in rejecting him outright as a person?
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Re:Code of Merit: A meritocratic approach to project managem... by yakshaving_jgt on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @07:56AM (#18074969)
You don't really need a Code of Conduct/Merit for that.

If what you're alluding to is "Hitler will call for genocide if his PRs are rejected", then we already have something for that.

It's called "The Law".

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