As members and contributors, we pledge to make participation in our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community. For instance, we suggest: listening as much as you speak and remembering that colleagues may have expertise you are unaware of; encouraging and yielding the floor to those whose viewpoints may be under-represented in a group; using welcoming language, for instance by honoring pronoun preferences and favoring gender-neutral collective nouns (“people,” not “guys”); accepting critique graciously and offering it constructively; giving credit where it is due. (adapted from DLF)
Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our community include:
Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes, and learning from the experience
Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall community
Examples of unacceptable behavior include:
The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or advances of any kind
Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
Public or private harassment
Publishing others’ private information, such as a physical or email address, without their explicit permission
Promotional messages are not acceptable unless authorized by the Moderator.
Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting
The Moderator is responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.
The list is closed and private; citation of other's comments in public fora must have the prior permission of the contributor(s).
Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to the Moderator responsible for enforcement at naypinya [at] gmail.com. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.
The Moderator is obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter of any incident.
The Moderator will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:
Community Impact: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.
Consequence: A private, written warning from the Moderator, providing clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.
Community Impact: A violation through a single incident or series of actions.
Consequence: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with the Moderator, for a period of time specified by the Moderator. This includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban.
Community Impact: A serious violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior.
Consequence: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with the community for a period of time specified by the Moderator. No public or private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with the Moderator, is allowed during this period. Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.
Community Impact: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior, harassment of an individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.
Consequence: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the community.
Engaging in diverse communities, we may accidentally cause offense by using unknowingly offensive terminology or by missing social cues.
If you realize (or are told) that you have offended someone, then please consider taking the appropriate steps:
Acknowledge that you've done something inappropriate.
Briefly apologize. Do not minimize the issue. If you believe it helpful to explain your intent, first listen and hear out the other person. Then, speak with respect.
If possible, edit your message, restate your communication in a better way or withdraw your statement. Publicly revising your statement helps define the culture for others.
This will allow conversation to quickly continue without any need of further action or escalating the situation.
If you don't understand what you did wrong, assume that the hurt party has good cause and accept it. We cannot know everyone's background and should do our best to avoid harm.
This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 2.0, available athttps://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct and WeAllJS Code of Conduct, available at https://wealljs.org/code-of-conduct.
Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by Mozilla’s code of conduct enforcement ladder.
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