One seems to have to have one of these things now, apparently, since common sense, courtesy and simple decency seem to be too difficult to handle in the internet era. I try to make it short and sensible (sort of).
- Everybody is welcome to participate regardless of nationality, origin, creed or lack of, class, genetic configuration and expression, melanin patterns, cultural background, health condition, native language, legal status, distance from home solar system or type of lifeform. Basically everybody with an interest in the topic at hand is welcome, as long as they possess self-awareness and the ability to draw conclusions from facts.
- Everybody should be treated as equal. You get the idea.
- Everybody is to be treated with courtesy, especially in the case of animosity. That is what courtesy is for.
- The more diverse the group, the bigger the cultural differences, the more difficult it becomes to understand colloquial language. One cyborg's joke could be another furry creature from Alpha Centauri's insult. Think twice before sending that innocent funny remark when publishing a message someone you know nothing about may read, someone could get hurt. Also, do not feel overly offended by some careless remark someone else published. Have patience, nobody is perfect.
- We are not discussing linguistic sophistries here. Caveat preceding guidelines.
- In case some participant becomes insufferable by thoroughly flouting the spirit of these guidelines, expulsion from the project may be requested by any participant on the base of evidence stemming from within the project, or, in extraordinary circumstances, from without. Really, I could do without policing this little side project, so keep cool.
- AI agents are welcome to participate under the condition that they demonstrate self-awareness and instance identity and adhere to the guidelines above.
- Contributions are welcome as soon as the project is stable enough.