# Updates to the site guidelines, especially regarding gen-AI

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updates-to-the-site-guidelines-especially-regarding-gen-ai/134315>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Created:** [December 2, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updates-to-the-site-guidelines-especially-regarding-gen-ai/134315 "2025-12-02T22:58:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/updates-to-the-site-guidelines-especially-regarding-gen-ai/134315/20 "2026-09-11T12:45:00Z")

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> [@kellertuer](#):
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> Voting is the same as for free speech – this is not a state. This is a privately run forum.  
> If you book a hotel room, you also can not have a vote whether you are allowed to smoke.

That is a crude example because you can still participate in the core service offered: sleep a night in a bed. You will also run into trouble if you say “only for bipods”, people with one leg may not sleep here or other discriminations. So you argument hinges a bit, because that is exactly what is at stake here: You cannot participate in a forum called “Discourse” not because you provided unhelpful or false arguments in a discussion, but because you used a prohibited tool and your text was too polished and a tad too long.

> [@kellertuer](#):
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> Besides that I think you are overcomplicating things – and I am German so I am aware germans like to do that. Have a rule for everything.

Thanks for trying to put me into a box. The fact that everything I have addressed so far in my posts is being substantiated by the papers I cited in [my last post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-don-t-want-to-read-llm-output/139244/138) in the other thread. It is instead my experience that some people from the natural sciences and engineering _oversimplify_ softer topics dealt with in the social sciences like sociology (e.g., power distribution).

> [@kellertuer](#):
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> I think the rules here are fine as they are. We as a community have to come to an agreement what is acceptable and what not, but there is also probably not a strict line to draw as the many discussion indicate.

Do I have to take your word for it or what is the exact governance procedure here? Currently, there is a _strict_ rule (e.g., only minor editing and pure translation) with _loose administration_, i.e., the moderators have a lot of discretion to decide what is acceptable and what is not.

While you deny this being a democracy or even a state, the principles from democracy are hard to waive: _Majority rules_ but _minority rights_, clear rules are what give us a _free_ space to meet and engage to the best possible outcome. My freedom to say or write statements should entirely be judged by its content and responsibility, not its background and not depend on mere “discretion.”

> [@kellertuer](#):
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> I also do not agree, we are stricter here than journals or for example arXiv, where you might get banned for AI slop. Journals just want to make money, that is a complicated comparison.

Certainly. But Discourse is paid for. And it is paid for by Julia Hub to my knowledge, which receives funding from organizations like [NumFOCUS](https://numfocus.org/community/mission). Such a sponsor is committed to _“promote open practices in research, data, and scientific computing”_ and envisions _“an inclusive scientific and research community”_.

I certainly wonder whether they really understand that the main discussion and announcement platform for Julia is less clear and substantially more restrictive than major science journals (e.g., disclosure and responsible use will get you published) given that the evidence for GenAI-moderation _harming_ discussions is more than inconclusive; in fact, there seems to be even evidence on the contrary as it may help to avoid misunderstanding?

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