CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

   1 # GarganText "Code of Conduct"
   2
   3 The GarganText Project, the contributors of the GarganText eco-system,
   4 have adopted a code of conduct for participants to any modes of
   5 communication within the project.
   6
   7 ## Be respectful
   8
   9 In a project the size of GarganText, inevitably there will be people
  10 with whom you may disagree, or find it difficult to cooperate. Accept
  11 that, but even so, remain respectful. Disagreement is no excuse for poor
  12 behaviour or personal attacks, and a community in which people feel
  13 threatened is not a healthy community.
  14
  15 ## Assume good faith
  16
  17 GarganText Contributors have many ways of reaching our common goal of
  18 a free digital ecosystem which may differ from your ways. Assume that
  19 other people are working towards this goal.
  20
  21 Note that many of our Contributors are not native English speakers
  22 or may have different cultural backgrounds.
  23
  24 ## Be collaborative
  25
  26 GarganText is a large and complex project; there is always more to
  27 learn within GarganText. It's good to ask for help when you need it.
  28 Similarly, offers for help should be seen in the context of our shared
  29 goal of improving GarganText.
  30
  31 When you make something for the benefit of the project, be willing
  32 to explain to others how it works, so that they can build on your work
  33 to make it even better.
  34
  35 ## Try to be concise
  36
  37 Keep in mind that what you write once will be read by many others
  38 persons. Writing a short email means people can understand the
  39 conversation as efficiently as possible. When a long explanation is
  40 necessary, consider adding a summary.
  41
  42 Try to bring new arguments to a conversation so that each comment
  43 adds something unique to the thread, keeping in mind that the rest of
  44 the thread still contains the other messages with arguments that have
  45 already been made.
  46
  47 Try to stay on topic, especially in discussions that are already
  48 fairly large.
  49
  50 ## Be open
  51
  52 Most ways of communication used within GarganText allow for public and
  53 private communication. You should preferably use public methods of
  54 communication for GarganText-related messages, unless posting something
  55 sensitive.
  56
  57 This applies to messages for help or GarganText-related support,
  58 too; not only is a public support request much more likely to
  59 result in an answer to your question, it also makes sure that any
  60 inadvertent mistakes made by people answering your question will be
  61 more easily detected and corrected.
  62
  63 While this code of conduct should be adhered to by participants,
  64 we recognize that sometimes people may have a bad day, or be unaware
  65 of some of the guidelines in this code of conduct. When that happens,
  66 you may reply to them and point out this code of conduct. Such messages
  67 may be in public or in private, whatever is most appropriate. However,
  68 regardless of whether the message is public or not, it should still
  69 adhere to the relevant parts of this code of conduct; in particular, it
  70 should not be abusive or disrespectful. Assume good faith; it is more
  71 likely that participants are unaware of their bad behaviour than that
  72 they intentionally try to degrade the quality of the discussion.
  73
  74 Serious or persistent offenders will be temporarily or permanently
  75 banned from communicating through GarganText's ecosystem. Complaints
  76 should be made (in private) to the administrators of the GarganText
  77 communication forum in question. To find contact information for these
  78 administrators, please see the page on GarganText's organizational
  79 structure.