Title: General Expectations for Conduct
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-In addition to the general [policies](pages/policies) governing behaviour when using freenode, we strongly encourage all participants to adopt the [channel
-guidelines](pages/changuide) and [philosophy](pages/philosophy) to help keep the network a friendly and productive place.
+In addition to the general [policies](pages/policies) governing behaviour when
+using freenode, we strongly encourage all participants to adopt the [channel
+guidelines](pages/changuide) and [philosophy](pages/philosophy) to help keep
+the network a friendly and productive place.
In particular, we would urge all users to keep the following in mind:
-- We expect all users to act in good faith at all times, and this includes assuming the same of others. Where another user's behaviour admits several
- interpretations, work on the basis of the most charitable one until you have strong evidence to the contrary.
-- freenode aims to be welcoming and inclusive, and so we do not accept any form of discrimination based on gender, race, sexuality or beliefs.
+
+- We expect all users to act in good faith at all times, and this includes
+ assuming the same of others. Where another user's behaviour admits several
+ interpretations, work on the basis of the most charitable one until you have
+ strong evidence to the contrary.
+- freenode aims to be welcoming, inclusive, and non-discriminatory and we
+ encourage everyone to be tolerant and respectful of others.