BCP 245

RFC 9945

IETF Community Moderation, February 2026

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Status:
BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
Obsoletes:
RFC 3683, RFC 3934
Updates:
RFC 2418, RFC 9245
Authors:
L. Eggert, Ed.
E. Lear, Ed.
Stream:
IETF
Source:
modpod (gen)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9945

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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.


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




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