This is being released now so that it can be included in the public record. Since being published, this policy has been superseded, with the new policy available shortly. The historical policy begins with the line below this one.

This is being released now so that it can be included in the public record. Since being published, this policy has been superseded, and the interim policy published. The historical policy begins with the line below this one.

The policy below was posted on the Mod Team on May 29, 2023 to update moderators as to changes in how the GPT policy should be enforced. A day later, a shortened version of this policy was published on MSE. We normally do not release enforcement guidelines publicly. In recognition of the confusion caused by the differences between the public and private guidance in this case, we are now publishing the private text of this policy in full. However, we reserve the right to continue in the future to withhold specific enforcement guidelines from being published publicly in cases where doing so would make the jobs of moderators more challenging, and open up new avenues for abuse.

The policy below was posted on the Mod Team on May 29, 2023 to update moderators as to changes in how the GPT policy should be enforced. A day later, a shortened version of this policy was published on MSE. We normally do not release enforcement guidelines publicly. In recognition of the confusion caused by the differences between the public and private guidance in this case, we are now publishing the private text of this policy in full. However, we reserve the right to continue in the future to withhold specific enforcement guidelines from being published publicly in cases where doing so would make the jobs of moderators more challenging, and open up new avenues for abuse.