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Important note: this is my personal perspective, but it is the basis for my moderation activity on Software Codidact Political content in posts Unless we are talking about Politics Codidact or si...
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#1: Initial revision
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Alexei
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2022-01-15T15:57:46Z (almost 3 years ago)
**Important note:** this is my personal perspective, but it is the basis for my moderation activity on Software Codidact ## Political content in posts Unless we are talking about Politics Codidact or similar, I consider that political content is offtopic in posts. ## Political content in the user profile ## This is a more personal space and I think that users should have more freedom to post what they like provided they do not violate the Code of Conduct. For the specific case of political content, I would not allow blatant symbols like [Nazi symbols] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bans_on_Nazi_symbols), Holocaust denial or [communist symbols](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bans_on_communist_symbols) since they are illegal in quite a few countries. For other content, I would judge on the individual level and most likely consult with fellow moderators or staff members, since what is OK and what is not might depend on a context that I do not understand. Shortly put, except for blatant stuff mentioned above, I would favor "laissez-faire" + handle flags from the community. ## Political content in the username / avatar ## Unless using a userscript to block them, users are basically forced into reading/seeing other usernames and avatars. That means that I would be more restrictive about what one can write as a username or use as a picture. Besides what violates the CoC, I would not allow the usage of highly controversial figure names like Hitler, Stalin and also non-English texts that can easily be translated to CoC violations. ## Moderation actions For moderation, if the content is not blatantly illegal or violates CoC, I would start with a warning to let the user fix the text and then proceed to fix a short ban. Of course, flagging by the community should be an important driver in fixing profile texts. As a side note, I would discourage political activism. For example, this user has a political message in [their profile](https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/2984/bytebuster) and this created an issue while standing in elections for being a moderator (see the first comment from [here](https://politics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2712/call-for-pro-tem-moderators/2714#2714)).