Code of Conduct

Open Foresight Hub's Code of Conduct outlines acceptable behavior by, and between, users on Open Foresight Hub. The code of conduct applies to everyone who interacts and contributes to online and offline Open Foresight Hub projects and spaces. We believe in creating a space in which as many people as possible can actively and safely engage in the Open Foresight Hub. We advocate for a diverse and approachable community of contributors that are open, safe, and welcoming to anyone who wishes to participate. In our commitment to create and maintain this environment we embrace this Code of Conduct and review it for changes and updates as needed.

The code of conduct governs behavior, not the wiki's content; for content, please see the User guide and General Notability Guidelines. Listed below is a minimum set of guidelines establishing a baseline of standards for acceptable and unacceptable conduct.

Be kind with each other.

• Assume other users are acting in good faith when they ask questions or make edits.
• Assume administrators are trying to ensure maintaining a safe, welcoming, and inclusive community in line with Open Foresight Hub's values.
• Be friendly when interacting with other users in editor notes, edit summaries, and in other discussion venues.
• Do not use insults, demanding language, or harassment to make a point or advance an argument. Do not tease or mock other users for warnings or blocks that they have received.
• Refrain from using profanity. Open Foresight Hub will not tolerate profanity used in a manner that is derogatory, offensive, or designed to provoke other users.

Every individual, regardless of their level of expertise or familiarity with Open Foresight Hub, is responsible for their own behavior. Within all endeavors associated with the Open Foresight Hub, interactions will be grounded in principles of respect, politeness, collaboration, unity, and responsible citizenship in our ‘village’. These principles apply to every contributor and participant without discrimination and regardless of status, skills, or achievements with the Open Foresight Hub or its community.

1. Assume Good Faith - Assume other users are acting in good faith when they ask questions or make edits, not that they are deliberately trying to harm Open Foresight Hub - even when their actions are harmful.
2. Respect Other Contributors - Be friendly when interacting with other users in editor notes, edit summaries, and in other discussion venues.
3. Be Civil - Treat all users with civility always. Rudeness or insensitivity, whether intentional or not, can distract from and interfere with our work.
4. No Edit Warring - Do not revert any article more than three times in 24 hours (3RR). This is to prevent ‘revert wars’. If someone challenges your edits, discuss it with them and seek a compromise, or seek dispute resolution.
5. Seek consensus -
6. Resolve Disputes - Conflict about what is “correct” is inevitable. When addressing disagreements about edits, do not insult, demean, bash, or otherwise harass other users in order to prove your point. Do try to talk it out politely on the editor's notes. You can discuss why you think another user's edit is incorrect, and if needed, use the dispute resolution noticeboard.
7. No Vandalism - Vandalism is any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the Open Foresight Hub. It is unacceptable behavior and will not be tolerated.
8. No Harassment - Harassment is any repeated, offensive behavior that intentionally singles out and targets specific individuals, aiming to make them feel threatened, intimidated or discouraged from participating will not be tolerated.
9. No Advertising or Spam - Open Foresight Hub is not a means for promotion. Information about companies, products, and services must be written in an objective, unbiased style with verifiable third-party sources. The inappropriate addition of content to Open Foresight Hub with the intention of promoting or publicizing an outside organization, individual or idea, is spam and is considered harmful to the encyclopedia. Do not disrupt Open Foresight Hub with spam. If you find spam, please remove or rewrite the content.
10. No Unauthorized Additional Accounts - Each editor on Open Foresight Hub should have only one account that represents them as an individual. Unauthorized additional accounts will be blocked.
11. No Personal Attacks - Only comment on the content or specific edits, not on the editor. Maintain a respectful and constructive environment.

Enforcement of these rules is the responsibility of the administrators and, when necessary, the Editorial Board. However, they do not see all interactions; please contact either if you see something going on that you think may violate the Code of Conduct.

Violations may draw responses from a warning to a ban to a block, depending on the severity of the infraction and the number of offenses. Typically first-time infractions will receive a warning. Second-time infractions may draw a warning or a ban. Cumulative bans or egregious infractions are likely to result in a block.

Unless infractions are especially egregious, a ban may not exceed one month. This does not, in any way, limit staff from blocking spammers, vandals, or trolls (whose accounts are solely used for harassment) according to Open Foresight Hub's dispute resolution, banning or blocking policies.

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