D is supposed to be neutral and about programing

[Vladimir Panteleev]

On Friday, 25 February 2022 at 13:22:19 UTC, Patrick Schluter 
wrote:
> Could the one who has put Ukrainian colours on the icon of the 
> D page please remove it.
> It is completely inappropriate to put a POLITICAL message on 
> the official web site.
>
> Thank you.

On Friday, 25 February 2022 at 13:22:19 UTC, Patrick Schluter 
wrote:
> Could the one who has put Ukrainian colours on the icon of the 
> D page please remove it.
> It is completely inappropriate to put a POLITICAL message on 
> the official web site.

Hi Patrick,

I changed the icon. I've now reverted the change. I'm sorry.

- What was changed: I implemented a [small 
hack](https://gist.github.com/CyberShadow/911864f3b0882ec8e8e9bbf75513eef6) on websites on my personal server. Since I wrote the D forum, it's among the websites hosted on the server.

- What was not changed: anything regarding the official D 
website, https://dlang.org/.

- Why I did it: it's an issue that affects me directly and 
personally. In the interests of keeping things on topic I will 
avoid elaborating further. The hack was not meant as a "political 
message".

- What will change: The hack is reverted; if you still see the 
icon, please do a forced refresh. I apologize for this unilateral 
change, it was selfish of me to do it without consulting with the 
D leadership. In the future I will be more mindful of the 
sensibilities of people around the world.

- Regarding moderation issues: there was a bug in the way that 
forum moderation was handled, which I've now fixed. Apologies for 
that. No one is actually banned from participating.