Code of Conduct
So that everyone has the best possible experience, we have established this baseline code of conduct. Please take a moment to read it. We welcome any comments or feedback you may have concerning the code of conduct. Please let us know how you feel by posting your suggestions on our Connect Workspace. Activities in this feature are governed by:
Role of the Collective Community
Community Content is generated and maintained by community members through consensus. Its purpose is to provide members an opportunity to collaborate on subject matter that extends the Microsoft core content.
The Community Content section is not the correct place to report documentation bugs or post suggestions about the Microsoft content. To suggest changes, report bugs, or submit other feedback about the Microsoft core content, go to Microsoft Connect.
The Community Content section is not designed to be a discussion forum. To engage in discussions or ask questions, go to the MSDN Forums or TechNet Forums.
Member Account, Password, and Security
To make an contribution, you must first complete the registration process. To do so you will need to: (i) sign in to the site using a Windows Live ID (Microsoft Passport account); (ii) provide your user name as prompted by the registration form; and (iii) agree to this Code of Conduct and accept the Contribution Agreement. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and for any and all activities that occur under your account.
Community Expectations of You
Microsoft is committed to making this site a great place to meet and interact with others from around the world. Your commitment to this code of conduct is important to ensure a positive experience for all contributors.
- The community consists of people from different countries, cultures and beliefs. Please write content in an unbiased manner and be respectful of others when writing about differing views.
- This is a collective effort and treating your fellow community members respectfully is crucial for a creating a healthy collaborative environment.
- Avoid personal attacks, slurs, and profanity in your interactions, and don’t threaten, harass, stalk, or abuse other contributors.
- Microsoft doesn’t condone illegal or unlawful activities. Don’t post any defamatory, infringing, obscene, or other unlawful material or information.
- New contributors may not know all the rules and etiquette, but are willing to learn. Be kind.
- Remember that people are proud of the work they contribute. If you see good work, let that person know.
- Keep the tone of the discussion collaborative. If your work is being edited don’t be too sensitive. Discuss issues or concerns you may have. Be open to another person’s point-of-view.
- Help resolve disagreements.
- Don’t get into revert and edit battles. Discuss. Ask and answer questions.
- Don’t post advertisements.
- This is a public space. Don't post anything you don't want the world to see.
- Don’t infringe copyrights or other proprietary rights. Submit only original material that you create and own. (For example, be careful that you don’t submit material that is owned by your employer.)
- NOTICES AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512( c )(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to Service Provider's Designated Agent. ALL INQUIRIES NOT RELEVANT TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. See Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.
- If you reference or paraphrase another person's material, remember to cite sources.
- Don’t post any content or code that could harm (or is designed to harm) other users' computers or would allow others to inappropriately access software or Web sites.
- Don’t use information available through this feature to spam others.
- Be yourself. Don’t impersonate someone else or claim false credentials.
- You are responsible for your own actions while participating in this feature, including actions you take based on advice or information you receive from this site. Use your own judgment when evaluating the materials provided.
- The Community Content section is not designed as the primary place to store any materials; in fact, any materials you post may be altered or deleted at any time by any user (including Microsoft). Accordingly, you should consider backing up any materials you post, and Microsoft is not responsible for loss, deletion, or alteration of any materials.
- Add changes within the text of the content; don’t append at the end.
- Be factual.
- Avoid opinionated and blanket statements.
Attribution
- The Community Content text is licensed out under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. As such, anyone distributing material that includes or is derived from the community content on this site must provide attribution. As the Community Content is collaboratively written, it does not lend itself to standard citation rules. Accordingly, for the benefit of contributors and users, we have established the following guidelines for providing attribution under the license.
- Cite “Community Content from MSDN Library,” the title of the specific topic, and the URL. (For purposes of the license , we are designating MSDN Library as the publisher whose name should be provided in any attribution).
- Because the content is collaboratively written, it may be difficult to cite any particular authors for community contributions for a given topic. If you need to find the list of authors for a particular Community Content block, please check the history associated with the block.
- Given that the Community Content will change over time, include the date and time of the content revision you are using.
- If your content is derived from Community Content, describe it as such.
- Display the citation in the same place and at least as prominently as other comparable credits.
- Examples:
This paper includes Community Content from MSDN Library, “Using C# Starter Kits.” Retrieved January 12, 2006 at 10:45 p.m. Rio de Janeiro time from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/ms173061(en-US,VS.80).aspx.
This article is derived from Community Content from MSDN Library, “C# Application Types for Java Developers.” Retrieved February 1, 2006 at 3:45 p.m. New York time from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/ms228501(en-US,VS.80).aspx .
This is a Swiss German translation of the Community Content from MSDN Library, “Debugging in Visual Studio.” Retrieved March 8, 2006 at 10:01 a.m., Zurich time from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/sc65sadd.aspx.
Reducing Spam Associated with Online Communities
Because of the increase in spam sent to posters in newsgroups, Microsoft advises you to avoid displaying your real e-mail address when contributing to this site. Instead you may want to do one of the following:
- Use a modified e-mail address that others will understand, but that spam tools can't automatically pick up. For example, if your actual e-mail address is "anonymous@talk.microsoft.com", consider using a modified e-mail address such as: "anonymous@talk.microsoft.com.invalid", or “anonymous@talk.microsoft.com.NO_SPAM".
- Use a secondary e-mail account that is separate from your primary account for your community contributions.
Microsoft reserves the right to immediately remove any posts that it deems inaccurate, inappropriate, offensive, or prohibited under this code of Conduct. In addition, Microsoft reserves the right to eject or permanently ban a user who behaves in any manner it deems inappropriate, offensive, or prohibited under the Code of Conduct. Microsoft may make changes to the Community Content feature, the license terms for text or sample code, or this Code of Conduct at any time.