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-# Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
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+# ReVot Code of Conduct
 
 ## Our Pledge
 
-We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in our
-community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
-size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender
-identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status,
-nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity
-and orientation.
+As members, contributors, and leaders of the ReVot community, we pledge to create a harassment-free experience for everyone. We value diversity and inclusion, and we strive to ensure that everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation, feels welcome and respected.
 
-We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming,
-diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.
+We commit to acting and interacting in ways that foster an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy environment for all.
 
 ## Our Standards
 
-Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our
-community include:
+Examples of behaviors that contribute to a positive environment in the ReVot community include:
 
-* Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
-* Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
-* Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
-* Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes,
-  and learning from the experience
-* Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the
-  overall community
+* Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward fellow members
+* Respecting differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
+* Providing and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
+* Taking responsibility for our actions, apologizing when necessary, and learning from our experiences
+* Prioritizing the well-being of the community over individual interests
 
 Examples of unacceptable behavior include:
 
-* The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or
-  advances of any kind
+* The use of sexualized language or imagery, and any form of sexual attention or advances
 * Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
 * Public or private harassment
-* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or email
-  address, without their explicit permission
-* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
-  professional setting
+* Publishing others' private information, such as physical or email addresses, without explicit permission
+* Any conduct that could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting
 
 ## Enforcement Responsibilities
 
-Community leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of
-acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in
-response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive,
-or harmful.
+ReVot community leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behavior. They will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior deemed inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.
 
-Community leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject
-comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are
-not aligned to this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation
-decisions when appropriate.
+Community leaders have the right to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that do not align with this Code of Conduct. They will communicate the reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate.
 
 ## Scope
 
-This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, and also applies when
-an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces.
-Examples of representing our community include using an official e-mail address,
-posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed
-representative at an online or offline event.
+This Code of Conduct applies to all community spaces, including online forums, GitHub discussions, and any public representation of the ReVot community. Examples of representing our community include using an official email address, posting via official social media accounts, or acting as a representative at events.
 
 ## Enforcement
 
-Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
-reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at
-[email protected].
-All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to the community leaders at [email protected]. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.
 
-All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the
-reporter of any incident.
+Community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of those reporting incidents.
 
 ## Enforcement Guidelines
 
-Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining
-the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:
+Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines when determining consequences for actions that violate this Code of Conduct:
 
 ### 1. Correction
 
-**Community Impact**: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed
-unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.
+**Community Impact**: Use of inappropriate language or behavior deemed unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.
 
-**Consequence**: A private, written warning from community leaders, providing
-clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the
-behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.
+**Consequence**: A private written warning from community leaders, explaining the violation and why the behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.
 
 ### 2. Warning
 
-**Community Impact**: A violation through a single incident or series
-of actions.
+**Community Impact**: A violation through a single incident or a series of actions.
 
-**Consequence**: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No
-interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with
-those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This
-includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels
-like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or
-permanent ban.
+**Consequence**: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. The individual may be restricted from interacting with affected parties for a specified time. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban.
 
 ### 3. Temporary Ban
 
-**Community Impact**: A serious violation of community standards, including
-sustained inappropriate behavior.
+**Community Impact**: A serious violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior.
 
-**Consequence**: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public
-communication with the community for a specified period of time. No public or
-private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction
-with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period.
-Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.
+**Consequence**: A temporary ban from all forms of interaction or public communication with the community for a specified period. Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.
 
 ### 4. Permanent Ban
 
-**Community Impact**: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community
-standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior,  harassment of an
-individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.
+**Community Impact**: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior or harassment of an individual.
 
-**Consequence**: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within
-the community.
+**Consequence**: A permanent ban from all public interaction within the ReVot community.
 
 ## Attribution
 
-This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage],
-version 2.0, available at
-https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html.
-
-Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by [Mozilla's code of conduct
-enforcement ladder](https://github.com/mozilla/diversity).
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html), version 2.0.
 
-[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
+Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by [Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder](https://github.com/mozilla/diversity).
 
-For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ at
-https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq. Translations are available at
-https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations.
+For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, please refer to the FAQ at [Contributor Covenant FAQ](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq). Translations are available at [Contributor Covenant Translations](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations).