Great work @Aminah!
Might I suggest truthfulness be included in the guidelines as it is a core principle of Right speech. Discussions here aren’t a competition. I sometimes think people want to ‘win’ at all costs, and being highly intelligent the misinformation is quite subtle. Such people are brain-training themselves into being untruthful, taking them further away from their goal of Nibbana. It’s unfortunate and cannot be moderated. We can only hope they develop more self awareness.
Each time I sign off ‘with metta’, I actually do a moment of metta (AN9.20) , which is said to be of great benefit, so regret sacrificing it for the sake of tidiness.
I would actually like this forum less concerned with tidiness but more concerned with metta to each other and its implications.
Also what are we doing to make newcomers feel settled?