Community Guidelines

Working standard

Bassilisk is for authors documenting real work and helping other authors understand it. Contributions should add usable information: decisions, dimensions, measurements, failures, revisions, sources, or direct technical discussion. These Guidelines form part of the Terms of Service.

Be constructive

• Critique the design, evidence, or method. Do not attack the author.
• State uncertainty. Separate measured results from expectation or preference.
• Do not harass, threaten, shame, dox, or organise abuse against another person.
• Do not discriminate based on protected or personal characteristics.
• Do not impersonate another author, company, reviewer, or moderator.

Show the work

Give enough context for technical claims to be evaluated. Identify equipment, conditions, processing, and known limitations where they materially affect a result. Do not fabricate measurements, hide paid relationships, manipulate votes, or present another author’s build as your own.

Mark hazards

Clearly identify mains voltage, exposed high voltage, lithium battery risk, high sound pressure, heat, fire, chemical, structural, and tool hazards. Do not encourage bypassing protective devices or removing known safety warnings. A warning does not make an otherwise reckless instruction acceptable.

Respect rights and privacy

Upload only material you may distribute. Credit authors and preserve licence notices. Do not publish private messages, addresses, contact details, faces, or other personal information without an appropriate reason and permission. CAD, firmware, plans, books, measurements, and photographs can all be protected material even when available elsewhere online.

Prohibited conduct

Bassilisk may remove:

• illegal content or material facilitating a specific harmful act;
• malware, deceptive archives, credential collection, or unsafe executable files;
• spam, repeated off-topic posting, artificial engagement, or ban evasion;
• sexual exploitation material or content that endangers a minor;
• fraud, counterfeit offers, or deliberately misleading purchase links;
• rights-infringing uploads or personal data published without lawful grounds.

Commercial material

Relevant supplier links and honest cost information are allowed. Disclose employment, sponsorship, free products, affiliate relationships, or other material interests. Bassilisk currently has no paid placement or advertising programme. Unrequested promotional posting and disguised advertising are spam.

Report a problem

For ordinary quality issues, use the available discussion or moderation controls. For illegal content, copyright, privacy, impersonation, or an urgent safety issue, email legal@bassilisk.com. Include the exact URL, the affected material, your reason, supporting facts, and a reliable contact address. Do not send unnecessary identity documents.

Enforcement and review

Action depends on context, severity, history, reach, and risk. It may include a request for edits, a warning, reduced visibility, rejection, removal, temporary restriction, or account termination. Urgent risks may be handled immediately. Where appropriate, the author receives a reason and a way to request review at legal@bassilisk.com.