As per the <a href="https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@utopian-io/utopian-public-poll-12-23-2017-the-results">Utopian Public Poll 12/23/2017</a> find below the updated rules.

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The following are updates/enhancements to existing rules. Please read all the rules here: https://utopian.io/rules

A special thanks to @espoem for having reviewed and updated them.

## Contributions should be in English

> Contributions should be in plain English and fully understandable. The only accepted exceptions are:
> Contributions under the Tutorials and Video Tutorials Category, and **Blog posts**.

##  Development Rules

> The contribution will be rejected if the Pull Request wasn't merged within the last 30 days.
> Projects must have a README file for installation and usage.
> In this category you can only write if you have developed or contributed to the development. Simple and common code snippets can't be submitted in the development category.

##  Translations Rules

> Minimum 500 words per translation contribution. Text that is supposed to remain untranslated (links, code, paths, ...) or duplicated strings/text can't be included in the minimum.
> If the provided translation is obviously machine-translated, the contribution will be rejected.

##  Visibility Rules

> Moderators may reject the contribution if they believe that there are not enough results for the contribution to be rewarded.

##  Graphics Rules

> You must provide the editable files, as PSD and similar source files. Flatten and rasterized layers are not editable.
> Logo designs must be in a vector format unless the project owner specifies a different format.

##  Blog Post Rules

> You must provide an original and a unique editorial content of very high quality that is strongly related to the promotion and development of open-source related projects. Blogs must have a unique and consistent format.

## Moderators

> For contributors, remember that Utopian Moderators reserve the right to a) verify acceptable posts, b) deliberate and review pending posts, and c) flag/hide posts that do not follow the rules or posts that are of very low quality. Additionally, moderators reserve the right to apply temporal or permanent bans who have shown a history of consistently disobeying the rules.

> Every moderator works on a specified set of categories and is assigned to one supervisor. You can see the spreadsheet with the moderators teams <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11AqLQPgULU4F7fIwfArqYdAcexufSH3IBEY32yVVm4I">here</a>

## Utopian bot

> Utopian can unvote the contribution if it is found out that the contribution did not meet the rules and had been upvoted by mistake. This decision considers cases such as attempts of plagiarism, copying work and ideas of others or other violation of the rules which would be obvious to see that the contribution does not deserve the reward.

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<h1>Utopian Community-Driven Witness</h1>
<p>We are made of developers, system administrators, entrepreneurs, artists, content creators, thinkers. We embrace every nationality, mindset and belief.</p>
<p><a href="https://utopian.io" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Utopian.io</a> is the first Community-Driven Witness. Every decision will be taken as per the consensus of the entire community using our public <a href="https://discord.gg/2rSx9Eu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord server</a> and soon via a <strong>public voting system</strong>.</p>
<ul>
   <li>Go here <a href="https://steemit.com/~witnesses" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Steem Witnesses</a></li>
   <li>Scroll to the bottom</li>
   <li>Write <strong>utopian-io</strong> and vote or set <strong>utopian-io</strong> as a proxy</li>
   <li><a href="https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=utopian-io&amp;approve=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Use Steem Connect for Voting Utopian as a Witness</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-proxy?proxy=utopian-io&amp;approve=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Or Use Steem Connect for proxying your vote to Utopian Witness</a></li>
</ul>
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### A Special Thanks to The Sponsors

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<h3>A Special Thanks to The Moderators</h3>
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@knowledges<br/>
@ruah<br/>
@espoem<br/>
@damla<br/>
@arie.steem<br/>
@drigweeu<br/>
@rosatravels<br/>
@shreyasgune<br/>
@elear<br/>
@omeratagun<br/>
@manishmike10<br/>
@simnrodrguez<br/>
@mcfarhat<br/>
@redjepi<br/>
@flauwy<br/>
@jefpatat<br/>
@favcau<br/>
@yandot<br/>
@syedumair<br/>
@omersurer<br/>
@cnts<br/>
@vladimir-simovic<br/>
@emrebeyler<br/>
@thegoldenphoenix<br/>
@scipio<br/>
@deveerei<br/>
@slempase<br/>
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@daiky69<br/>
@ejemai<br/>
@codingdefined<br/>
@howo<br/>
@zikra<br/>
@podanrj<br/>
@umais<br/>
@kiaazad<br/>
@julstamban<br/>
@isfar<br/>
@deathwing<br/>
@mkt<br/>
@reggaemuffin<br/>
@fabiyamada<br/>
@siersod<br/>
@abh12345<br/>
@mooncryption<br/>
@justyy<br/>
@kit.andres<br/>
@toffer<br/>
@gktown<br/>
@stoodkev<br/>
@dutch<br/>
@gerginho<br/>
@jedigeiss<br/>
@crokkon<br/>
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