Write out more robust and informative rules. about denverdevs.org

[dannyfritz]

Here is the Rust community's for an example:
https://www.rust-lang.org/policies/code-of-conduct

[danhannigan]

We do have our own already if you're not familiar!
Code of Conduct: https://denverdevs.org/resources/code-of-conduct/
Rules: https://denverdevs.org/resources/rules/

[danhannigan]

They’re fairly encompassing but also dangerously vague in some ways - to where it’s not clear to users what is/isn’t okay. A few examples are:

Unwanted messages (spam, solicitation, etc) and what that encompasses / looks like & our process for responding to that.

Personal advertisements and the right time / place for that.

Identitfing information (personal info etc)

Also clarifying our policies for how we handle things so folks know what to expect.

We handle a lot of stuff behind the scenes and fairly quietly so I can see how context for helping here feels probably not adequate. This is also for new formatting / updating and also for the sake of transparency: So folks know that updates will be coming, can see progress, and chime in if they feel the need.

[dannyfritz]

I generally like code of conducts better than detailed rules. Requires moderators to be watching for CoC to work though. But I guess that isn't much different than rules needing to be moderated too.

[danhannigan]

I hear you @dannyfritz - we have both to handle either scenario and preference: The rules being a bit more scannable and more appropriate to our community specifically, while the CoC is a bit of a blanket policy that covers a lot of other concerns and issues.

[hampgoodwin]

Hmmm,

As we've grown our rules have needed to adapt -- new edge cases, new behavior that could use a bit of friendly nudging, etc.

For context, what has happened that isn't covered in the rules / CoC? I feel like they're broad enough to cover most ass-hattery, even mine.