[SciPy-Dev] establishing a Code of Conduct for SciPy

[Ilhan Polat]

I guess my second mail didn't make it to the server for some reason. I've
written:

"I should have probably put a smiley in the end. I mean it quite lightly by
the way. "

No problem at all, Matthew for one I'm not a native speaker and second you
guys probably have seen more conflicts than I ever did. I just wanted to
have the text a bit less formal.

Best,






On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Matthew Brett <matthew.brett at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Ilhan Polat <ilhanpolat at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ah come on. What is this condescending nonsense "A score of around 10-12
> is
> > roughly the reading level on completion of high school. Text to be read
> by
> > the general public should aim for a grade level of around 8."?
>
> I am sorry, I didn't mean it to be condescending.  I just mean that
> most people feel that text they write is clearer than text other
> people write, on average, for the obvious reason that we tend to
> understand the things that we say better than things other people say.
>   So I wasn't claiming that the metrics made my text better than your
> text, only that it's difficult to be objective about what is clear -
> or - as you said - what reads like "terms and conditions".
>
> As for the grade level - have a look at the comments that
> readability.io gives - it's good advice about avoiding long words and
> long sentences if possible (it usually is) and the passive tense.
> Text with a low grade level, when well written, does not seem
> patronizing, but is easy to read and say - conveying the same meaning
> with less effort to the reader.
>
> Best,
>
> Matthew
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