... which is why we don't have or need a rule book the size of the US constitution. We have a GC Netiquette page on the wiki which is pretty clear and quite concise. Note the mission statement:Bottom line you don't need a rule to ban/sanction a person, neither do you want to maintain a rule book the size of the US constitution for this community.
That's served us well until recently. Things got slightly out of hand, which necessitated what looks to me to be the lightest possible way of dealing with the situation: a global reminder to "be polite".The following rules have been set to ensure GC can fulfill its purpose of being the BF-Community everybody feels welcome.
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Nix has the right of it, basically. There's nothing more to say, except that if someone really doesn't get it, then this probably isn't the right community for them. I'm pretty sure everyone actually understands how to behave, however, so I don't anticipate this incredibly minor rule change and gentle reminder to cause upheaval. Or I didn't, anyway.