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A Code of Conduct, dare I say it
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.
I was hoping that our code of conduct could be something closer to the "be nice" model, something like this: - Be res …
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It's too long, and it's filled with squishy prescriptions. Yes, we won't tolerate harassment. But I think it is a mista …
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Perhaps my favorite CoC would be the one currently used by the Ruby language quoted here: > This document provides co …
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I've reviewed the updated CoC, and overall it looks pretty good. I like the basic and short approach, and I like it bein …
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I love it in its current form. Short. Simple. And primarily, it deals with being nice on an individual level, n …
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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 …
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I just heard about this place (thanks icanfathom). Willing to give it a try. Of course, the first thing I checked on was …
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I've reviewed the updated CoC, and overall it looks pretty good. I like the basic and short approach, and I like it being based on common sense and sound logic. I feel it's what every CoC should strive for. I just found a few wording issues which I'd like to bring up:
This Code of Conduct applies to all uses of this website, and any physical meetups of its community.
I'm not sure about that last half. This is the CoC for this website. Disregarding whether we legally can extend the CoC for the website to the lives of its members beyond the website, I doubt we should extend it in such a way. If people from this community meet up in RL, it's down to them how to act. When they come to the site, they have to abide by the CoC, but beyond the website, we have no say in the matter, and neither should we. I would remove the last half of that line.
We will not tolerate harassment of anyone based on any aspect of their personal identity
Two things here. One, I would add the word intentional before harassment. In the guideline above it, we mention that accidents happen. Accidental harassment can certainly happen. I don't want to see this harassment guideline turn into a weapon for people who decide they are being 'harassed' by someone they don't like (obviously we aren't at that point yet, but in the distant future...).
Second, I would remove the whole second half of the guideline. We will not tolerate intentional harassment of anyone. Period. I don't care why someone is being intentionally harassed. It should be enough that it's happening. Keeping the second half could lead to problems (again, not now, but possibly later) where someone might claim they weren't harassing based on personal identity, and then could make a big deal out of us taking issue with their actions.
Then again, I might be reading way too much into this. But that's what I noticed on a first pass-through.
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