Thanks to everyone for your suggestions with regards to the Newsvine Code of Honor. Below are the six tenets we've come up with (one for each branch of the vine) based on that and other feedback collected during the private beta. Take a look and let us know if we're forgetting anything or if certain points need to be clarified or rewritten at all:
Above all else, respect others. If you see disrespectful behavior, report it, rather than engaging in a war of disrespect. Users who are repeatedly reported as disrespectful will lose the ability to add content and comments to Newsvine.
Keep your headlines accurate and free of sensationalist language. If, for instance, you're seeding a story about a rumor, "Rumor: Sources say Yahoo to Buy ___" is appropriate whereby "Yahoo Buys ___" or "WTF! Oh my God!" are not.
Although full internationalization is important to Newsvine, please keep all posts and seeds in English until the system can properly sort multiple languages. Stories of international interest are still highly encouraged, of course.
Newsvine is for collaborative discovery and discussion of the news, not self-promotion. Posting full articles which also appear on your blog is acceptable but seeding your own stuff is not.
Keep Newsvine tidy by tagging for accuracy rather than for readership, and editing your headlines and lead-ins to be descriptive, free of clutter, and lacking in distractions like ALL CAPS.
Seed articles as close to the source as possible.
Thanks in advance for the feedback.
Side note: Some people have experienced a bug with the new editor whereby text was getting cut off from time to time. This issue has been resolved. Please alert us to any other issues, if any, you notice. Apologies for any inconvenience.