Write a Code of Conduct

[jwflory]

A code of conduct is a document that explains expected behavior and defines appropriate interactions for a community. It also draws the line for what is prohibited and will not be tolerated when it comes to interactions both on and offline. Many communities have a code of conduct governing expected behaviors that anyone involved is expected to follow. Usually, it's fairly basic guidelines and nothing exceptionally abnormal.

Why

For the past few years, CCMC has always taken a hands-off approach to player interactions that happen outside of anything a staff member can see. We've made it so that there has to be very clear, hard evidence of harassment or else we will not act.

This isn't the best decision for a community. As the staff members of the server, we are the first line of defense for our community members. If there are issues that a player brings to us with how they are being treated by others in the community, it is a problem that we need to handle. Even if it's not in a place that's specific to CCMC, like Skype or other places (including voice communication). To become a more positive and welcoming place for all of our members, having a code of conduct explaining proper and expected behavior would be helpful and useful for handling incidents related to player harassment or inappropriate actions.

How

Our code of conduct would be a separate page and document from our traditional rules. It would concern all kinds of interactions between members of our community. The server should be a safe and welcoming place for everyone. The document would be the guidelines, and any case related to violations to it would be handled on a case-by-case basis.

References

• Minecraft server Code of Conduct
• Rust Code of Conduct

Notes

Obviously, there are cases on a server like ours where interactions can become violent or disrespectful (see: almost any base raid or grief). But this would be something that would be more towards creating an environment for both new and loyal players and help make the server somewhere they will not have to worry about personal, targeted harassment.

[stevoism]

To clarify, this is to be the start of a revamp of our code of conduct, player to player interaction, and staff to player interaction. Correct?
Assuming that the above is accurate we should outline highlights here to formulate into a living google doc or something of that nature. To specify what I mean as highlights, any change to the current(add or remove) but not items that are already listed.

[ Being able to edit posts I can list agreed upon items here or @jflory7 could in the main post until we close out this issue. ]

[jwflory]

@stevoism Part of it. The revamp would mostly focus on player-to-player interaction, but thinking about it, I'd probably include staff-to-player interaction too.

I'll try to work on a Google Drive doc for this. Realistically, that's the best way I see it looking for now.

[jwflory]

This is no longer needed – this project is converted to infrastructure needs only.