Code of Conduct

In short: be respectful and welcoming! Avoid hurting people, apologise when you mess up.

People have different backgrounds, and that means different notions of what it means “to be respectful”. Things get more complicated as this changes with context and who’s involved in a conversation. Teasing a close friend may be perfectly respectful, while teasing a stranger would likely not be. This short page is meant to just set up this shared set of basic conduct guidelines for everyone, so we can all have a good time and be less worried about breaking vaguely-defined rules.

Be welcoming. Everyone should be able to have a positive experience, regardless of their age, sexuality, gender identity and expression, body size, disability, ethnicity, race, experience, religion, nationality, physical appearance, etc. Don’t make fun of people for simply being who they are, and take some time to consider how your words may be received by others, even if you had no intention of hurting them. If you do mess up, apologise, learn from it, and move on; it happens.

Sharing offensive messages, messages with the intention of hurting others, and/or hate symbols, messages, and imagery is unacceptable. In some cases this may also be a crime.

Be constructive, but respect people’s boundaries. Feedback is good, but not everyone wants to receive feedback on their work. If someone hasn’t asked for feedback, maybe reconsider giving them unsolicited feedback.

When giving feedback, try focusing on constructive and actionable things. Avoid acting surprised at people not knowing the things you do, or approaching things in a different way, as that will make people less likely to ask for help and feedback.

Remember that community spaces are public, for everyone. Keep content that is not meant for public spaces outside of them. This includes sexualised imagery and graphic violence or gore. When sharing something that is not necessarily mature, but might be upsetting for a large set of people, try using spoiler tags and content warnings.

Don’t harass people. Attacking and/or harassing people (or groups of people) is not cool, and is unacceptable in any of the project’s spaces. Harassing will get you a warning, though in more extreme cases it might result in a project-wide ban at the moderator’s discretion.

Don’t share other people’s information without their consent. You may be committing a crime, and regardless of that, it may put more vulnerable people in grave danger. This is unacceptable conduct and will get you banned from all spaces within the project.

If you feel unsafe, or see someone being targeted in one of the community’s spaces, please reach out to a moderator.

You’re welcome to email mod [at] this domain privately, and your communication will be kept strictly confidential. We’ll review and investigate your query, and decide on an appropriate response to it, including involving law-enforcement depending on the gravity of the situation.