<p>This is a proposed entry to the faq regarding community norms. The text in blockquotes is meant to be what we will include in the faq. Feel free to edit as necessary.</p>

<p>The first entry is discussed here: <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/333/should-we-encourage-downvoters-to-leave-a-comment-for-their-downvote">Should we encourage downvoters to leave a comment for their downvote?</a></p>

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  <p>What are the community norms?</p>
  
  <p>The following are some norms that we as a community will follow. There will be occasions when we will not be able to follow the norms because of various reasons but to the extent possible we will try to follow thenm.  </p>
  
  <p>These norms are not cast in stone. If you wish to discuss any of these norms please open a meta thread at <a href="http://meta.stats.stackexchange.com">http://meta.stats.stackexchange.com</a>. </p>
  
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  <li><p>When we downvote a question we will leave a comment explaining to the OP the reasons for the downvote.</p>
  
  <p>Leaving a comment when downvoting achieves several objectives.</p></li>
  </ol>
  
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    <ul>
    <li><p>It increases the chances that that the OP does not leave the site out of frustration.</p></li>
    <li><p>It increases the chances that the question actually gets edited and improved.</p></li>
    <li><p>Keeps the quality of questions high. </p></li>
    </ul>
  </blockquote>
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