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A Code of Conduct, dare I say it

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TL;DR: I've just created a Code of Conduct, and I'd like your feedback on it.

Let's see if we can make a better go of this than Stack Exchange, hey?

It's mostly based on the Community Covenant CoC, with some adaptations to make it make more sense as applied here.

Have a read through, and leave any feedback you have in an answer here. I'll make the document mod-editable, so it's not just me who can make changes to it. While the current state of the document is the sort of thing I'd recommend using, it's up to you exactly how you want it to read - the only strong recommendation I'd make is that some form of CoC is almost always necessary.

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Keep it "safe-for-work" (SFW). It's fine to discuss controversial topics, but discuss them in an adult manner without letting the discussion get heated. Discussing topics of sex and sexuality is likewise allowed, but explicit sexual content is not allowed as this site is open to under-18s.

I'd suggest that this rule is too strict, especially if this CoC is going to be used across a network of Q&A sites. There are several contexts in which you might want to post something that plausibly or definitely counts as "explicit sexual content", like:

  • On a writing site, discussing an explicit excerpt from some erotica.
  • On a biology site, discussing the biology of the penis or vagina by way of annotated images, or discussing mating behaviours of animals with accompanying video
  • On a machine learning site, constructing and posting an adversarial example of a pornographic image that tricks an AI porn filter into thinking it is benign

I'm also unsure why under-18s in particular are relevant to that rule. Are you trying to match some jurisdiction's age of consent, or film rating rule's? Why?

I'd suggest something much more permissive and which doesn't mention any particular age, like:

Don't post explicit sexual content except in posts where it is directly relevant to the question being asked.

There are situations where that will be overly permissive, of course, but that seems like the right direction to err in if this will be a network-wide CoC. Presumably, individual sites will have leeway in interpretation and freedom to impose tighter rules, but won't be able to do away with rules explicitly listed in this CoC - so any explicit rules should cover only the most clearly unacceptable behaviour and leave the edge cases and nuances to be hashed out later.

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ArtOfCode‭ wrote almost 5 years ago

This isn't planned to be a network CoC - this is just for this site. Codidact's network will have its own CoC, when that gets going. This particular rule is there to protect me personally - since I'm hosting this site, if there's any question of distributing explicit sexual material to minors, it's me that'll cop the blame for it. Under 18s are relevant because under 18s are said minors in both the US (where the server is) and the UK (where I am).

ArtOfCode‭ wrote almost 5 years ago

That's not to say I expect anyone here to attempt that sort of skullduggery, of course. It just gives me a defense to point to in the worst case scenario, which makes hosting this a more tenable long-term position for me.

Mark Amery‭ wrote almost 5 years ago

@ArtOfCode Aha, got it - I misunderstood Monica's comment above saying "This is proposed language for the Codidact network" to refer to your proposed CoC.

Monica Cellio‭ wrote almost 5 years ago

Sorry about that @Mark; I meant the text at the link I posted is for Codidact, not specifically Writing.