My dad could use a helpful resource on establish a baseline community code of conduct for an online discussion group. Any recommendations for good guides and/or templates?

(This is a •completely• nontechnical group, FYI.)

@inthehands Keep it simple and make participants agree to it BEFORE participating, if possible. How about "Debate ideas, but personal attacks will be sanctioned, including possible expulsion. Don't break the law." Those are examples of simple rules, but you should separately make clear how breaches will be adjudicated and sanctioned. This could be useful: https://www.diigo.com/profile/hrheingold?query=%23online_facilitation
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