We value the participation of every member of our community and want to ensure that every contributor has an enjoyable and fulfilling experience. Accordingly, everyone who participates in one of our readalongs is expected to show respect and courtesy to other community members at all times. 

We are committed to creating a friendly and respectful place for celebrating reading, acknowledging lived experience and honouring communication. Everyone participating in these readalongs are required to conform to this Code of Conduct. 

We do not tolerate behaviour that is disrespectful to our community members or that excludes, intimidates, or causes discomfort to others. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on characteristics that include, but are not limited to: gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, citizenship, nationality, ethnic or social origin, pregnancy, familial status, veteran status, genetic information, religion or belief (or lack thereof), membership of a national minority, property, age, education, socio-economic status, technical choices, and experience level. 

Expected Behaviour

We are confident that our community members will together build a supportive and collaborative atmosphere for these readalongs and the discussions. The following bullet points set out explicitly what we hope you will consider to be appropriate community guidelines: 

  • Be respectful of different viewpoints and experiences. Do not engage in homophobic, racist, transphobic, ageist, ableist, sexist, or otherwise exclusionary behaviour. 
  • Use welcoming and inclusive language. Exclusionary comments or jokes, threats or violent language are not acceptable. Do not address others in an angry, intimidating, or demeaning manner. Be considerate of the ways the words you choose may impact others. Be patient and respectful of the fact that English is a second (or third or fourth!) language for some participants. 
  • Respect the privacy and safety of others. Do not share other participants’ personal experiences without their express permission. The forum is not anonymous so take care of the experiences of others. 
Reporting

If you feel able to, please contact Isabel Archer (I.Archer@leeds.ac.uk) or Elly Cope (E.C.Cope@leeds.ac.uk) to report any inappropriate posts. 

Enforcement

Posts are not anonymous and the offending post will be removed and the person who posted in contacted regarding their breach of the code of conduct. 

Acknowledgement

This code is adapted from the Carpentries Code of Conduct with sections from the Alan Turing Institute Data Study Group Code of Conduct. Both are used under the creative commons attribution license. 

The Carpentries Code of Conduct was adapted from guidelines written by the Django Project, which was itself based on the Ada Initiative template and the PyCon 2013 Procedure for Handling Harassment Incidents. Contributors to the the initial document are Adam Obeng, Aleksandra Pawlik, Bill Mills, Carol Willing, Erin Becker, Hilmar Lapp, Kara Woo, Karin Lagesen, Pauline Barmby, Sheila Miguez, Simon Waldman, and Tracy Teal. In 2018, the Code of Conduct was revised to add a summary, straightforward examples of both beneficial and unwanted behaviors, and evaluating intent. Reporting guidelines were also revised to include alternate contact points and a reporting form with the procedure was added. Contributors of these revised documents are Ethan White, Kari L. Jordan, Karin Lagesen, Malvika Sharan, Samantha Ahern, and Simon Waldman. Additional language was added by Otter Tech from the PyCon U.S. 2018 Code of Conduct (licensed CC BY 3.0). 

The Turing Institute Data Study Group Code of Conduct was heavily adapted from the Citizen Lab Summer Institute 2017 Code of Conduct and used under a CC BY 2.5 CA license. Citizen Lab based their Code of Conduct on the xvzf Code of Conduct, the Contributor Covenant, the Django Code of Conduct and Reporting Guide and we are also grateful for this guidance from Ada Initiative. 

We really appreciate the work that all of the communities linked above have put into creating such a well considered process.