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The Hanged Man

Code of Conduct

Our Pledge

We as members and moderators pledge to make participation in our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.

Our Standards

Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our community include:

  • Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
  • Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
  • Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
  • Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes, and learning from the experience
  • Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall community

Examples of unacceptable behavior include:

  • Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
  • Public or private harassment
  • Publishing others’ private information, such as a physical or email address, without their explicit permission

Our Beliefs and Values

Central to our Code of Conduct are the below beliefs and values which inform the more specific rule sets of our communities and events, how we interact with one another as members, and how moderators interact with members. Although you do not have to agree with each of the below items to be an active member of our communities, we do ask that you keep these in mind before choosing to join or participate. Conduct which is in conflict with the below beliefs and values will result in moderator actions up to and including removal from the community or event.

  • We believe all fans have a right to space in the fandom.

    This is not a blanket “you can continue to remain here and be a jerk” statement. What this does mean is that we do our best not to let our personal feelings color our judgment of others. If we don’t like you or your headcanons or your ships, you are still welcome in our communities and events as long as you can follow the rules and get along with others.

    We do not tolerate drama for the sake of drama, hate speech, or harassment. Once your existence in a space becomes hostile and makes the space toxic and unbearable for others, you lose your right to remain.

  • We believe in supporting creativity, diversity, and inclusion in fanworks.

    What it says on the tin, really. We think all fan creators should be encouraged to create. Part of the fun of fandom is engaging with one another’s works, encouraging others, and supporting diverse creators. This includes lesser celebrated and non-traditional types of fanworks like meta posts, playlists, manips/edits, layouts, etc!

  • We believe in adults’ right to sexual expression.

    Dragon Age is a rated mature dark fantasy RPG which is intended for adults. Therefore, most of our spaces are 18+. This means that we support, share, and discuss NSFW content even if that content is what others would deem “problematic”.

    We do not believe in or support kinkshaming.

    With a few exceptions (primarily in our exchanges on AO3), we usually allow all content which is allowable on the platform where are our communities or events are hosted.

  • We believe in respecting peoples triggers and squicks.

    Although we do allow all content, we absolutely believe in tagging content that could be potentially triggering or squicky. We believe our members should respect one another’s requests for hiding text and images/tagging/warnings. If someone is asking for a tag or spoiler, there’s usually a reason.

    Our communities do have varying rules about using spoiler settings for general NSFW content or where that can be posted, so please be sure to read carefully!

  • We believe in valuing de-escalation, good faith interpretations, and talking through miscommunication.

    Since we operate in fandom, a large percentage of us are neurodivergent which can sometimes pose communication difficulties. Our main rules when approaching communication is to approach most situations assuming that no one is intentionally trying to hurt someone and to attempt to de-escalate (even if that means walking away from a situation until you are calm). When mis-communications occur, we believe in talking through them so that we all understand one another’s viewpoints.

  • We believe in second chances and the right to grow.

    Barring examples of egregious past actions, we let individuals’ current actions speak for themselves. This is fandom and we know that falling outs and grudges happen. We do not usually remove people from our communities based solely on hearsay from others, even with screenshots of past wrongdoing. Exceptions for this include:

    • Recent hate speech, death threats, etc
    • An ongoing pattern of abusive/harassing/toxic behavior
    • Past or current participation in call-outs, public shaming, or dogpiling of a current member of our communities who is in good standing.

    The above exceptions are in no way exhaustive.

    Ultimately, someone who is claiming they are changing their past ways should convince us they are sincere and making an effort through their current actions in and outside of our communities and events.

  • We DO NOT believe in call-outs, public shaming, dogpiling, suicide bating, death threats, or other harassment techniques.

    Full stop. No one who participates in these kinds of behaviors is welcome in our events, projects, or communities. We do not police member behaviors outside of our spaces, but if we are made aware of these actions members will be removed.

Scope

This Code of Conduct applies within all communities and events under The Hanged Man umbrella. It also applies when an individual is officially representing the The Hanged Man in public spaces. Examples of representing our community include posting via moderator accounts, official social media accounts, or sending emails using official moderator email addresses.

Enforcement Responsibilities

Moderators are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.

Moderators have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, posts, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate.

Enforcement

Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to the moderators of the community or event in question. Please see individual communities or events for contact methods. Alternatively, you may also email enigmalea@gmail.com directly.

All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.

All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter of any incident.

Moderators who violate the code of conduct may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other moderators, up to and including their status as moderators.

Updates and Changes

We recognize our Code will not cover every possible circumstance, and that our needs as a community may change depending on our make-up. Our Code is intended to be a broadly stated guideline for our function as a community and not a play-by-play guide for moderation or member behavior within the community. As such, this Code of Conduct is considered a living document which may be modified, updated, and clarified over time. Changes and updates to our Code of Conduct will be announced in the communities and events which are impacted by them.

Attribution

This Code of Conduct is heavily adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 2.1, available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct.html.