Community Code of Conduct

This document is a draft. It is not legal advice and it is not in force. It becomes required only when the owner adopts it by a recorded decision in nexus-governance. Until then nothing here blocks anyone’s work.

• Treat people with respect. No harassment, threats, discrimination or abuse, including on grounds of origin, ethnicity, nationality, religion, language, gender, sexuality, age, disability or political view.
• Debate ideas and evidence, not people. Disagreement is welcome. Contempt is not.
• Some communities we work with are at risk. Do not out, track or expose any person, and do not use these spaces to target a community.
• Protect privacy. Do not share private messages, personal data or unpublished work without consent.

• Be who you say you are. No impersonation. No sockpuppets or coordinated manipulation.
• No plagiarism, fabrication or falsification. Cite sources. Declare interests and AI use.
• Do not use these spaces for advertising, solicitation or spam.

• Report concerns to the managing editor or to the contact form. Reports are handled in confidence and logged.
• The managing editor may warn, limit or suspend an account, remove content with a stated reason, and refer a matter to the Reports Council. Serious misconduct follows the Ethics and Misconduct Procedure.
• A person may appeal a sanction to the Reports Council within 30 days.
• Retaliation against a person who reports in good faith is itself a breach.

Your acceptance is recorded in the acceptance ledger. It is an acceptance record by your signed-in account, not a qualified electronic signature.

The laws of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. Counsel to confirm.