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 ## 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.
+We, as members, contributors, and leaders, pledge to create a harassment-free experience for everyone in our community. We welcome individuals 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.
 
-We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming,
-diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.
+We commit to fostering an environment of empathy, kindness, diversity, inclusivity, and health.
 
 ## Our Standards
 
-Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our
-community includes:
+Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment 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 towards others
+- Respecting differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
+- Giving and accepting constructive feedback gracefully
+- Taking responsibility for our mistakes, apologizing to those affected, and learning from the experience
+- Considering the well-being of the entire community, not just ourselves
 
 Examples of unacceptable behavior include:
 
-- The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or
-  advances of any kind
-- 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
+- Use of sexualized language, imagery, or advances
+- Trolling, insults, derogatory comments, personal attacks, or political attacks
+- Harassment, whether public or private
+- Publishing others' private information 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.
-
-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 are responsible for enforcing these standards and will take fair corrective action in response to inappropriate behavior. They have the right to remove, edit, or reject contributions that do not align with this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for their actions.
 
 ## 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 and when individuals are officially representing the community in public. This includes using official e-mail addresses, posting via official social media accounts, or acting as appointed representatives at events.
 
 ## Enforcement
 
-Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
-reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at
-Gmail.
-All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.
+Report instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at [contact email]. All complaints will be promptly and fairly reviewed and investigated.
 
-All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the
-reporter of any incident.
+Community leaders are required to respect the privacy and security of incident reporters.
 
 ## 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 use these guidelines to determine consequences for violations:
 
 ### 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.
 
-**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 it 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 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. 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. No interaction with the people involved for a specified period, including in community spaces and external channels. Violating this 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.
 
-**Consequence**: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public
-communication with the community for a specified period. 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 any interaction or public communication with the community. No interaction with the people involved is allowed, including unsolicited contact. Violating this 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.
 
-**Consequence**: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within
-the community.
+**Consequence**: A permanent ban from any public interaction within the 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.
+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).
+Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by [Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder](https://github.com/mozilla/diversity).
 
 [homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
 
-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, see the FAQ at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq. Translations are available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations.