Recently while trying to get one of my Github repositories to meet Github’s recommended open source project guidelines, I found myself in need of a code of conduct for my project. Github offers two default options for you to pick from: The Contributor Covenant used by some of the worlds largest open source projects, such as Linux, git, Tensorflow. The Citizen Code of Conduct is a general purpose code of conduct designed for events and projects. These are quite good, and feature very clear policies that can be beneficial for large communities with multiple administrators, and feature a clear list of unacceptable behaviors. I find however that sometimes less is more, much of the policies outlined in these codes of conduct are primarily beuracratic in nature and are not particularly relevant to open source development, the The Citizen Code of Conduct for example has a weapons policy section.