# Science: Community Guideline reminders work
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/science-community-guideline-reminders-work/116444
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [4월 30, 2019, 2:35오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/science-community-guideline-reminders-work/116444 "2019-04-30T14:35:05Z")
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### Author:  [@tomtjes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomtjes)
#### Post date: [4월 30, 2019, 2:35오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/science-community-guideline-reminders-work/116444/1 "2019-04-30T14:35:05Z")
On [r/science](https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/bita3a/researchers_have_found_that_pinning_a_reminder_of/) they did an experiment: Does adding a sticky comment with a brief reminder of the [community guidelines](https://meta.discourse.org/guidelines) make a difference? A scientific study says: yes.
> **[Reddit Study Shows Power of Community Guidelines in Combating Harassment](https://www.inverse.com/article/55348-r-science-experiment-community-guidelines-prevent-harassment)**
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> A simple reminder helped keep discussions civil.
I think this could be a good use of the new [staff notices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-notice-vs-staff-note/115684/6), especially for communities that are seeing a lot of new or anonymous users.
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### Author:  [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)
#### Post date: [4월 30, 2019, 3:37오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/science-community-guideline-reminders-work/116444/2 "2019-04-30T15:37:00Z")
Maybe it will be a duplication of functionality. For users you can show a warning (which is done at the forums) with this:
> [@New "Banner Topic" pin type](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-banner-topic-pin-type/16458):
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> One thing we’ve noticed is Discourse sites putting welcome banners up, like this: Technically this site welcome function is covered by the pinned welcome topic [image] But clearly we need something a bit more.. obvious.. for new users, as this is a recurring user-created design element on multiple Discourse sites. We also noted [in a random usability test](http://peek.usertesting.com/result/613760977075?autoplay=true) that a new arriving user indeed never found or read the pinned topic, at all. warning We proposing adding a new type of topic…
Or this.
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-themes-and-instructions-for-customizing-them/82368](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banner-themes-and-instructions-for-customizing-them/82368)
The article is interesting, thank you. But in fact, not particularly new in terms of information. Many community administrators may have themselves come to the fact that if you show important items, focus on them, the violations will be less.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [4월 30, 2019, 10:05오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/science-community-guideline-reminders-work/116444/3 "2019-04-30T22:05:35Z")
This already exists in Discourse, when a new user starts typing their first reply or topic. Give it a try.
Also the new user PM that every new user gets covers [community guidelines](https://meta.discourse.org/guidelines) as well, the third of three bullets in that PM says:
> - We believe in [civilized community behavior](https://try.discourse.org/guidelines) at all times.