IETF RFC 9945
[ACTIVE]
IETF Community Moderation
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- Publisher
- IETF
- Doc Type
- Best Practice
- Pages
- 14
- Abstract
- The IETF community will treat people with kindness and grace, but not endless patience. This memo obsoletes RFCs 3683 and 3934, and it updates RFCs 2418 and 9245 by establishing a policy for the moderation of disruptive participation across the IETF's various public contribution channels and discussion fora. It establishes guardrails for moderation and a moderator team. That team will develop a set of moderation procedures and facilitate their consistent implementation with chairs and administrators.
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-01
- Status Note
- Best Current Practice
- DOI
10.17487/RFC9945- Link
- https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9945
- Author(s)
- Lars EggertEliot Lear
- Keyword(s)
- Disruption, Moderation
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Normative Reference(s)
- IETF RFC 2026 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 2418 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 3935 [Active*]
- RFC7154 — RFC7154 EXTERNAL
- IETF RFC 7776 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 8711 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 8713 [Active*]
Bibliographic Reference(s)
- IESG, "IESG Statement on Spam Control on IETF Mailing Lists", 14 April 2008, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-iesg-iesg-statement-on-spam-control-on-ietf-mailing-lists-20080414/>. EXTERNAL
- "Ombudsteam", <https://www.ietf.org/contact/ombudsteam/>. EXTERNAL
- IESG, "IESG Guidance on the Moderation of IETF Working Group Mailing Lists", 29 August 2000, <https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/statements/mailing-lists-moderation/>. EXTERNAL
- IESG, "IETF Anti-Harassment Policy", 3 November 2013, <https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/statements/anti-harassment-policy/>. EXTERNAL
- IESG, "IESG Statement on Disruptive Posting", 17 February 2006, <https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/statements/disruptive-posting/>. EXTERNAL
- IETF RFC 3552 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 3683 [Superseded*]
- IETF RFC 3934 [Superseded*]
- IETF RFC 7282 [Active*]
- IETF RFC 9245 [Active*]
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