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title = "Community Guidelines"
lastmod = "2017-04-13T17:39:14+03:00"
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# Community Guidelines

The Solus Project enforces a set of community guidelines to maintain respect and professionalism, as well as a family-friendly environment.

## Forums/IRC/General Guidelines

The following guidelines apply to the community as a whole and extends to venues such as forums, IRC, and social media.

- No spamming or flooding.
- Observe topic guidance (off-topic channels/sub-forums where and when appropriate).
- The linking of illegal, pornographic, and/or offensive media is not permitted.
- No personal/direct attacks - keep it family friendly and respectful. Support needs to be open to all.
- No advertising - this includes the continual repetition of other FOSS projects too whilst on our support mediums (including G+ community) - it is harmful to the project and never conducive to support.
- The usage of bots unless explicitly permitted by the Solus Project is **strictly forbidden**.

## Team Guidelines

The team will strive to provide a friendly and open atmosphere, to enable community support. If community members are found to be violating the guidelines, Solus team members reserve the right 
to **either ban** or **terminate access** to services. In all situations but the most extreme, prior warning will be given to the individual concerned, as an opportunity to correct their behaviour.