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Channel Moderators and Moderation Guidelines
Moderators
- Are Catalysts.
- Are servants of the community.
- Are exemplars and stewards of community standards and improvement.
- Demonstrate the ability to influence others positively.
- Can demonstrate regular and consistent channel activity.
- Can demonstrate understanding of freenode and its channel/network services.
Moderating
- Exercise the principle of least punitive action
- Where it makes sense: remind > ask > warn > quiet > ban (where
>means better-than and/or before). - Least punitive action assumes credible, good-faith actors. It does not include obvious spamming, disruptive or abusive behaviour.
- Use +o as a last resort. Use chanserv/bot commands where available, unless doing so is less transparent (who did what)
- Do not idle with +o
- Provide reasons/rationale with all actions (eg: Annotate quiet, ban reasons with eir, add extra detail in #freebsd-irc, etc).
- Any actions taken are timely, reasonable and appropriate.
- If/when you're unsure of a situation or potential action, ask/discuss it.
Onboarding
- How
- When
- Agreement
- Trial (Period)