Community Guidelines
CodeArena thrives when every member contributes positively. These guidelines help us maintain a welcoming, fair, and productive environment for all engineers.
Core Principles
Be Respectful
Treat every member with courtesy. Harassment, hate speech, and personal attacks are strictly prohibited regardless of the context.
Stay On Topic
Keep discussions relevant to competitive programming, algorithms, data structures, and software engineering. Off-topic content may be removed.
Share Knowledge
Help others learn by sharing well-explained solutions. When answering questions, provide reasoning and context — not just code.
Play Fair
Do not share solutions to active contest problems. Plagiarism, cheating, and multi-accounting will result in a permanent ban.
Protect Privacy
Never share personal information about yourself or others. Do not post private conversations without explicit consent.
Welcome Newcomers
Everyone starts somewhere. Be patient with beginners and guide them constructively instead of dismissing their questions.
Do's & Don'ts
A quick reference for acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.
Do
- Write clear, well-formatted posts with proper code blocks
- Search for existing threads before creating a new one
- Use tags to categorize your discussions accurately
- Upvote helpful answers to surface the best content
- Report content that violates these guidelines
- Give credit when referencing others' solutions or ideas
Don't
- Share solutions to ongoing contest problems
- Spam, self-promote, or post irrelevant content
- Use offensive language, slurs, or discriminatory terms
- Create multiple accounts to manipulate votes or evade bans
- Post malicious code or links to harmful resources
- Engage in targeted harassment or doxxing
Enforcement
Violations are reviewed by our moderation team. The severity of consequences depends on the nature and frequency of the offense.
Warning
First-time or minor violations receive a written warning from moderators.
Temporary Mute
Repeated violations result in a 7-day posting restriction across all forums.
Temporary Ban
Serious offenses lead to a 30-day account suspension with full access revocation.
Permanent Ban
Extreme or repeated violations result in permanent removal from the platform.