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

[Thilo Borgmann]

Hi all,

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.

Let me point out that this case differs from the "usual" (sorry, dear community) personally offensive misbehavior against others which is "just" in conflict with parts of the guidelines - and shall be prosecuted by the community and not an admin.

That's my thoughts, as admin for this community. I made that decision and I stand by it.

Unfortunately, as this identity is reappearing, I think this mail is needed because I have just told him a second time why he got himself banned and will do so without further ado as long as this identity cares to come back.

However, I'm serving this community as an admin and I'm not free of error or misjudgement.
Therefore,

- if another admin feels to overrule my decision, or
- if enough trusted members of this community frown upon me in this thread to exceed my personal subjective limit...

... then I will be totally fine to revoke any bans on that identity and release that one into our community.

Thanks,
Thilo


[1] https://lists.ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2021-June/281206.html