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RFC 9945: IETF Community Moderation

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The IETF community will treat people with kindness and grace, but not endless patience. This memo obsoletes RFCs 3683 and 3934, and it updates RFCs 2418 and 9245 by establishing a policy for the moderation of disruptive participation across the IETF's various public contribution channels and discussion fora. It establishes guardrails for moderation and a moderator team. That team will develop a set of moderation procedures and facilitate their consistent implementation with chairs and administrators.

Document record

Document ID
RFC9945
Published
February 2026
Authors
L. Eggert; E. Lear
Status
BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
Stream
IETF
Area
gen
Pages
14
Also known as
BCP245
Obsoletes:
RFC 3683, RFC 3934
Updates:
RFC 2418, RFC 9245

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 3683 (2004)
  2. RFC 3934 (2004)
  3. RFC 9945 (2026)

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