Community Guidelines
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
A published set of rules and norms describing acceptable behavior in a community, platform, or forum. Good community guidelines help moderators act consistently and help members know what kind of environment they are entering.
In plain English: The rules and norms for behavior in a community.
Example: "The open-source project rewrote its community guidelines so enforcement would not depend on whoever happened to be online and loudest."