Code of Conduct

This code of conduct has been modified from the Django Code of Conduct under the license [CC BY 3.0].

This code of conduct is enforced on our discord channels as well as any physical-world spaces where our organization is involved or represented in some official capacity.

If you post in our officially moderated spaces, your content is subject to our moderation policies.

• We actively moderate our comments sections to promote healthy, productive, and educational discussion among our community.
• Above all else, we reserve the right to delete user-submitted content that we deem offensive, spammy, off-topic, or otherwise inappropriate for our audience.
• We’re pretty good at telling the difference between someone who is genuine, polite, and well-meaning in their comments (even if they disagree with the content or with other commenters), versus someone who is trolling, antagonistic, and demeaning towards others.

• Individual comments or comment threads may be deleted at any time if they encourage personal attacks or are not furthering productive discussion.
• Repeat offenders may be blocked entirely from participating in online discussions. Deliberately inflammatory comments from first-time commenters/non-members may earn an immediate ban.
• Off-topic comments include (but are not limited to) self-promoting links without permission, irrelevant chat memes, and so forth.
• Due to occasional technical issues, a small percentage of comments may be blocked or deleted by mistake.
• Be friendly and patient.

Be welcoming and respectful. 

• Game Developers at UNC Charlotte welcomes and supports community members of all backgrounds and identities; after all, our own staff is made up of people from a wide range of backgrounds and identities.
• This includes, but is not limited to members of any race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, color, immigration status, social and economic class, educational level, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, size, family status, political belief, religion, and mental and physical ability.

Be careful in the words that you choose.

• Professionalism is a value we uphold and ask others to respect. Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down others. Harassment and other exclusionary behavior aren’t acceptable. 

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Violent threats or language directed against another person.
• Discriminatory jokes and language.
• Personal attacks or insults.
• Posting (or threatening to post) other people’s personally identifying information (“doxing”).
• Unwelcome sexual attention.
• Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior.

When we disagree, try to understand why.

• It is important that we resolve disagreements and differing views constructively. Remember that we’re different. The game developer industry and computer science itself is made better thanks to people from a wide range of backgrounds, and this is even more true for our community.
• Different people have different perspectives on issues. Being unable to understand why someone holds a viewpoint doesn’t mean that they’re wrong. Don’t forget that it is human to err and blaming each other doesn’t get us anywhere. Instead, focus on understanding each other and learning from mistakes.