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| - Do not make personal attacks anywhere in the TerraDrive Universe. Comment on content, not on the contributor. Personal attacks will not help you make a point; they hurt the TerraDrive Universe community and deter users from helping to create a good resource. Editors should be civil and adhere to good wiki etiquette when stating disagreements. Comments should not be personalized and should be directed at content and actions rather than people. However, when there are disagreements about content, referring to other editors is not always a personal attack. A posting that says "Your statement about X is wrong because of information at Y", or "The paragraph you inserted into the article looks like a copyright violation", is not a personal attack. The appropriate response to such statements is to address the issues of content rather than to accuse the other person of violating this policy. There is no rule bright-line rule about what constitutes a personal attack as opposed to constructive discussion, but some types of comments are never acceptable:
* Racial, sexual, homophobic, ageist, religious, political, ethnic, or other epithets (such as against disabled people) directed against another contributor. Disagreement over what constitutes a religion, race, sexual preference, or ethnicity is not a legitimate excuse.
* Using someone's affiliations as a means of dismissing or discrediting their views -- regardless of whether said affiliations are mainstream or extreme.
* Threats of legal action.
* Threats of violence, particularly death threats.
* Threats of vandalism to userpages or talk pages.
* Threats or actions which expose other users to persecution by their employers or any other entities. Violations of this sort may result in a block for an extended period of time, which may be applied immediately by any moderator upon discovery. Moderators applying such sanctions should confidentially notify Technomancer Press of what they have done and why. These examples are not exclusive. Insulting or disparaging an editor is a personal attack regardless of the manner in which it is done. When in doubt, comment on the article's content without referring to its contributor at all. The prohibition against personal attacks applies equally to all users. It is as unacceptable to attack a user with a history of foolish or boorish behavior, or even one who has been subject to disciplinary action by the Arbitration Committee, as it is to attack any other user. The TerraDrive Universe encourages a positive online community: people make mistakes, but they are encouraged to learn from them and change their ways. Personal attacks are contrary to this spirit and damaging to the work of building an encyclopedia.
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