Questions tagged [be-nice-policy]
For questions about the 'being nice' behaviour we expect from all Stack Exchange users. What this entails can be found in the help center on every site. The old Be Nice policy has been superseded by the Code of Conduct.
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Please restrict users who spam comments with rude/offensive words or have been recently flagged for such comments
Users should be prevented from spamming comments containing blacklisted rude/offensive words or continuing to comment offensive content after being flagged. I've been following a post where the OP, ...
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What's the impact on a recipient user account if a "unfriendly or unkind" flag is accepted?
I read: The flag ["unfriendly or unkind"] if accepted has quite a lot of impact on the account which has been flagged. What's the impact on a recipient user account if a "unfriendly ...
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Is "Be nice be respectful" policy implemented on main sites and not rooms? [duplicate]
Based on my past experience, I feel "Be nice be respectful" policy or "Code of conduct" is not implemented in chat rooms as better as they are in main sites. Because they have ...
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Having 'nice' text - are we too strict? [duplicate]
I recently posted an answer and also have posted questions as well with text like "Thanks for your help" "I hope this helps you" "I hope this is helpful" These types of ...
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How to be nice (even when you don't want to) - The basics
Note: at first I considered to ask this question in the Moderator Teams, but then I thought it would do better here. It has just happened. In the site I moderate two users have engaged in a discussion ...
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How best to find all my own posts where I employ pronouns?
Using the Stack Exchange Data Explorer (SEDE), Google, or another tool, how can I search for posts, comments, and other content I've written over the last 11 years for common English pronouns? ...
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Should we just impose a blanket ban on identity politics? [closed]
After looking at this whole CoC war and all of the backlash on other tech communities with similar ones, it seems that bringing identity politics into discussions and policy decisions is a major flash ...
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Have we already had discussions about how to function more effectively in such a culturally diverse online community?
Tl;Dr The Stack Exchange community is culturally very diverse. Please help me find discussions on Meta SE about how to be nice with all the community members while moderating the sites and communicate ...
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Why does Stack Overflow seem to be less welcoming to its top contributors?
Note: by contribution I mean all effort put into growing the community starting from useful edits and ending in moderation The recent events that involved lots of moderators leaving as a protest made ...
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Alternatives to the term "rant"
On several of the sites I frequent, we occasionally get questions posted by people who are facing difficult situations, consisting mainly of them expressing how upset they are. In many cases, the ...
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In the interest of the "Be nice" policy, can we make the mod and system messages more polite?
Here on Stack Exchange we're encouraged to be nice, but I feel like the canned messages from mods and from the system aren't setting a good example in this regard. Example 1 Comments are not for ...
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Is this year April fool joke really welcoming? Are we joking about technology or people?
I think by now almost everyone using the site has already seen the fake "90's style" redesign that was created as an April Fool joke. Many words were already spent discussing about it. From people ...
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"Please help me, I need a proper answer" when closed as dupe
I don't want to comment here any more because I'm pretty damn angry with the asker who can't be bothered to read the duplicate, even though it is the perfect textbook duplicate, with has thousands of ...
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Are we creating divisions in our quest to make new users welcome?
One of the more frequent accusations that get leveled against long-time users of various sites is that we treat new user questions differently. That we downvote and close vote them maliciously, to "...
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Code of Conduct - PROs and CONs [closed]
It seems to me that the "Code of Conduct" tramps down on freedom of expression. It also undermines what being friendly represents. And all this to no real benefit to the community as far as the ...
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