[pexaizix]

If you need a code of conduct to keep someone like him away, your project was dysfunctional to begin with.

[monocasa]

What makes you say that?

[pexaizix]

Communities have existed since the dawn of man and CoCs weren't necessary to keep idiots away. When someone is an idiot, you don't need a set of rules to identify that he's an idiot, and to have a basis to kick him out. If you 1) can't identify idiots or 2) can't kick out idiots, then you have a dysfunctional community or no teeth. CoCs can't fix a community or make you grow teeth.

[monocasa]

Communities have had published standards of conduct since the bronze age.

[hnbroseph]

> you don't need a set of rules to identify that he's an idiot, and to have a basis to kick him out

afaik, a code doesn't exist because of an inability to identify or to (attempt to) exclude a person.

[hnbroseph]

i think "to keep someone like him away" is a bit of a red herring.