The rules for using the forum Steam

[Malax]

Hello everyone,

Could someone give me the official Steam link which clearly explains the rules for using the forum in general.

I can not find the topic that tells us the topics that we can or cannot discuss on the forum of Steam.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Take care of yourself and those around you

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

"Discussions Rules and Guidelines" is to the right hand column in every thread.

[Falsus Te Deum]

Look to the right. Read Discussions rules and guidelines.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

"Discussions Rules and Guidelines" is to the right hand column in every thread.

:qr:

Aside from this, there is also:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=143962136

It goes into more detail.

Keep in mind that some game hubs may have their own sub-set of rules as well.

[Elgar]

Originally posted by Malax:

@Spawn of Totoro

The problem is that on one of the French-speaking topics it starts to speak a lot of poiltique and I must admit that I find it inappropriate on the steam forum.
To try to calm the whole thing I thought it was good to recall the rules of use of the Steam forum.

I agree with Malax. French subforum has now a megathread, always on top, which has turned into a political funfest. Problem is that, as far as I know, we don't have French moderators anymore (the previous ones resigned and were themselves involved) so I'm not sure that the reports I submit will be reviewed.

[KillahInstinct]

Originally posted by Elgar:

Originally posted by Malax:

@Spawn of Totoro

The problem is that on one of the French-speaking topics it starts to speak a lot of poiltique and I must admit that I find it inappropriate on the steam forum.
To try to calm the whole thing I thought it was good to recall the rules of use of the Steam forum.

I agree with Malax. French subforum has now a megathread, always on top, which has turned into a political funfest. Problem is that, as far as I know, we don't have French moderators anymore (the previous ones resigned and were themselves involved) so I'm not sure that the reports I submit will be reviewed.

This is correct. I don't think we've any French speaking mods, ór any mods left for that matter. I dabble a bit so I'll check it out but no guarantees.

/Edit:
By the looks of it, it's -that- megathread. I'm not touching that with a 10-feet pool, I might lock it tho, as continuing to discuss it seems kinda pointless..
I might be wrong here, but the whole core of the issue is politics so it's kinda hard to keep politics out of it, no? Genderneutrality and all that jazz is controversial by definition.

[Elgar]

Originally posted by KillahInstinct:

By the looks of it, it's -that- megathread. I'm not touching that with a 10-feet pool, I might lock it tho, as continuing to discuss it seems kinda pointless..
I might be wrong here, but the whole core of the issue is politics so it's kinda hard to keep politics out of it, no?

Thank you, much appreciated. Let's hope that French subforum will have some peace now and will focus on gaming.

Yes, the core of the issue is that Steam French voluntary translators began a few weeks ago to use a highly controversial gender-neutral writing which is not used at all in our country and which is against academic language rules. As you can guess the reaction was and is still STRONG.

I'm myself against this very, very controversial change introduced by voluntary translators, but I don't use that subject as an excuse to discuss politics. And this megathread became that : a pretext to debate about politics. You must know that as French people we love to talk about politics. ;)

Edit : spelling

[KillahInstinct]

I'm aware of the issue, I just don't think I've enough knowledge of something so 'local' (ie: native French speakers) to form a full opinion.

I do think translators should follow official guidelines, and represent the people though (I was a translator myself, heck I've build the Translation program).

But you're right, while a lot of issues are politicized (left vs right) nowadays, there shouldn't be any need for it. It's a gaming platform.

[Peter Brev]

Ah, that thread about inclusive writing. Well, the issue really comes from the French translators who included a political change that nobody asked for and that was what that thread was for. There's also a reason why the French government and the French academy banned it. Since nothing was done from Valve, this was most likely the reason both moderators resigned.

Sorry, I don't mean to go over the topic again, just wanted to share some insight as to what was going on since I am French.

[KillahInstinct]

Yes, as far as I know they resigned as a result/consequence of it.

[Angel]

I'm glad the mods closed this megathread. Thank you moderators
I hope that megathread wasn't representative of the French population because if that's the case, I'm ashamed to be French myself. Ashamed.

[Black Blade]

Originally posted by Karma:

I'm glad the mods closed this megathread. Thank you moderators :47_thumb_up:
I hope that megathread wasn't representative of the French population because if that's the case, I'm ashamed to be French myself. Ashamed.

Just remember who is posting on the forums is the minority inside a minority in the end they have to be on Steam and on top of that they need to be spending time on the forums in place of playing games
So its not much of a representative of anything beside that tiny group