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Q&A Codidact's policy regarding posts, user names and profiles with political content

Does Codidact have any policy against using political content in posts, user names or user profiles? I'm not talking about questions about political content, which should obviously be fine given t...

6 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Alexei‭

#3: Post edited by user avatar Lundin‭ · 2022-01-11T11:32:25Z (about 2 years ago)
  • Does Codidact have any policy against using political content in posts, user names or user profiles?
  • I'm not talking about questions _about_ political content, which should obviously be fine given that it's on-topic at the site where it's posted.
  • But I'm rather referring to the promotional kind, such as speaking for or against a certain candidate or party, or naming your user after a well-known politician, or posting political propaganda in your user profile.
  • This has been something of a hot potato Someplace Else, so it will eventually pop up here too. Some examples:
  • - There was an example of the CEO posting a long blong-like post on SO.meta propagating against Donald Trump.
  • - There's other examples where users (and spammers) use their profile to express various political views, including criticism against dictatorships (possibly leading to a network ban of the site in that country).
  • - There is always the case where someone decides to pick a tasteless user name from some well-known dictator, past or present.
  • The current Code of Conduct and "be nice" doesn't seem very helpful here. Expressing political opinions isn't necessarily rude. Is there a policy for what user names or user profiles can contain and does it cover situations like these?
  • Does Codidact have any policy against using political content in posts, user names or user profiles?
  • I'm not talking about questions _about_ political content, which should obviously be fine given that it's on-topic at the site where it's posted.
  • But I'm rather referring to the promotional kind, such as speaking for or against a certain candidate or party, or naming your user after a well-known politician, or posting political propaganda in your user profile.
  • This has been something of a hot potato Someplace Else, so it will eventually pop up here too. Some examples:
  • - There was an example of the CEO posting a long blong-like post on SO.meta propagating against Donald Trump.
  • - There are examples of users (and spammers) using their profile to express various political views, including criticism against dictatorships (possibly leading to a network ban of the site in that country).
  • - There is always the case where someone decides to pick a tasteless user name from some well-known dictator, past or present.
  • The current Code of Conduct and "be nice" doesn't seem very helpful here. Expressing political opinions isn't necessarily rude. Is there a policy for what user names or user profiles can contain and does it cover situations like these?
#2: Post edited by user avatar Lundin‭ · 2022-01-11T11:31:50Z (about 2 years ago)
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Lundin‭ · 2022-01-11T11:31:26Z (about 2 years ago)
Codidact's policy regarding posts, user names and profiles with political content
Does Codidact have any policy against using political content in posts, user names or user profiles?

I'm not talking about questions _about_ political content, which should obviously be fine given that it's on-topic at the site where it's posted. 

But I'm rather referring to the promotional kind, such as speaking for or against a certain candidate or party, or naming your user after a well-known politician, or posting political propaganda in your user profile.

This has been something of a hot potato Someplace Else, so it will eventually pop up here too. Some examples:

- There was an example of the CEO posting a long blong-like post on SO.meta propagating against Donald Trump. 
- There's other examples where users (and spammers) use their profile to express various political views, including criticism against dictatorships (possibly leading to a network ban of the site in that country).
- There is always the case where someone decides to pick a tasteless user name from some well-known dictator, past or present.

The current Code of Conduct and "be nice" doesn't seem very helpful here. Expressing political opinions isn't necessarily rude. Is there a policy for what user names or user profiles can contain and does it cover situations like these?