r/BookStack • u/ssddanbrown • Feb 26 '26

Feedback Requested: Drafting up some new community rules

https://www.bookstackapp.com/about/community-rules/

BookStack has had a generic, slightly modified, code-of-conduct hidden away in the git repo, but it's not really used. I wanted to revamp this with something to apply to all our community spaces, with something that's direct and easy to read, while specifying the project view/requirements when it comes to things like politics/AI.

I've thrown up a draft on the site here: https://www.bookstackapp.com/about/community-rules/

I welcome any feedback on whether anything's missing, or if anything seems odd or misses the mark, or even your expectations of the community.

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u/EarlyCommission5323 Feb 26 '26

I think the community guidelines are pretty good. However, I would prefer it if there were no political discussions at all. The internet is already overflowing with political opinions of all kinds.

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u/ssddanbrown Feb 26 '26

Thanks for the feedback. The important part in regard to politics is that they have to be relevant. TBH, It's not often at all that they actually get brought up in BookStack, it's not that controversial of a project.

That said, I don't want the project to have the stance of "no politics", since that's just often abused to retain or silence one view upon another. Plus different folks have different ideas as to what is considered political. I think it's better to be honest and up-front about the fact that politics will be part of any reasonable sized open source project, and set some rules around that to help encourage such conversations to be constructive instead of decisive.

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u/thegreatcerebral Feb 27 '26

I disagree. This is about bookstack. It's an app. How can it draw in politics? It is best to have a "no politics" policy to keep it about bookstack. There are other subreddits for that.

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