Protocol Action: 'IETF Community Moderation' to Best Current Practice (draft-ietf-modpod-group-processes-16.txt)

The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> Tue, 10 February 2026 21:49 UTC

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The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'IETF Community Moderation'
  (draft-ietf-modpod-group-processes-16.txt) as Best Current Practice

This document is the product of the MODeration PrOceDures Working Group.

The IESG contact person is Roman Danyliw.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-modpod-group-processes/




Technical Summary

   The IETF community will treat people with kindness and grace, but not
   endless patience.

   This memo establishes 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 guidelines and
   facilitate their consistent implementation with chairs and
   administrators.

Working Group Summary

See https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-modpod-group-processes/shepherdwriteup/.

See also IETF LC notes at https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/last-call/WLZ4NP4hcZVtY_PnEW5448n4Ms8/

Document Quality

As a document on IETF process, there are no implementations or adoptions to report.

Personnel

   The Document Shepherd for this document is Jon Peterson. The Responsible
   Area Director is Roman Danyliw.

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