# Code of Conduct

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/code-of-conduct/1149
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [June 14, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/code-of-conduct/1149 "2019-06-14T19:40:20Z")
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### Author: ![lassoan](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/lassoan/32/50_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/code-of-conduct/1149/2 "2019-06-14T20:01:50Z")

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> [@banesullivan](#):
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> > Check documentation of _`vtkClassName`_
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> That type of response is both not helpful and condescending.

I guess this refers to my post [here](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/python-reading-calculate-write-out/1138/4). I felt I was being nice giving a hint about where to look for an answer instead of just asking re-posting an unrelated question in a new topic. It is useful to know that this may have sounded rude. I’ll try to hit a better balance between brevity/rudeness in the future.

Posting a code of conduct document might be useful, but I’m not sure how many people would take the time to read it; especially if it was such a good, thorough one like the GitHub document linked above. I would expect that direct feedback to potentially offending posts would be more effective: the person who answered would know that he needs to improve, and person who asked would know that there are nicer people on the forum.

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