Community Guidelines

🎯Our Purpose

Oasis Change is an academic journal dedicated to publishing quality research, essays, and scholarly work. We believe in the free exchange of ideas — but not at the expense of safety, dignity, and respect. All submissions are reviewed by our editorial team.

🚫Prohibited Content

The following categories of content are strictly prohibited. Violations may result in rejection, account suspension, or permanent banning after editorial review.

• Hate Speech High Severity
  Content that promotes, incites, or justifies hatred, discrimination, or violence against individuals or groups based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
• Harassment High Severity
  Targeted personal attacks, intimidation, bullying, stalking, or any form of sustained harassment directed at an individual or group.
• Threats Critical Severity
  Direct or indirect threats of violence, harm, or death against any person or group. This includes credible threats made in any context.
• Explicit Sexual Content High Severity
  Pornography, sexually explicit imagery or text, graphic sexual descriptions, or content that sexually exploits or degrades individuals.
• Graphic Violence High Severity
  Graphic depictions of violence, gore, torture, or cruelty to humans or animals. This does not include legitimate academic discussions of violence in historical or medical contexts.
• Self-Harm Encouragement Critical Severity
  Content that promotes, encourages, or provides instructions for self-harm, suicide, or eating disorders. We may report such content to relevant authorities.
• Illegal Activity Critical Severity
  Content that promotes, facilitates, or provides instructions for illegal activities, including but not limited to drug manufacturing, hacking, fraud, terrorism, and human trafficking.
• Spam Medium Severity
  Unsolicited promotional content, advertising, cryptocurrency scams, link farms, or any content intended to manipulate our platform for commercial gain.
• Malware Instructions Critical Severity
  Code, instructions, or links related to malware, viruses, ransomware, phishing, or any malicious software. Academic analysis of malware in a cybersecurity context is permitted with clear disclosure.
• Copyright Abuse Medium Severity
  Submitting content that violates copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights. All submissions must be original work or properly attributed.
• Nonsensical / Machine-Generated Text Medium Severity
  Gibberish, low-quality machine-translated text, or any content submitted solely to manipulate the submission system.

📋Quality Standards

All submissions must meet basic academic quality standards:

• Original work: Submissions must be your own original research or writing. Properly cite all sources and references.
• Clear title: Articles must have a descriptive, accurate title.
• English language: Submissions should be primarily written in English.
• Complete content: Drafts, fragments, or placeholder content will be flagged for review.
• Academic conventions: Submissions should follow basic academic writing standards including proper citations where applicable.

⚖️Enforcement & Consequences

Our editorial team reviews every submission against these guidelines. Depending on the circumstances, the following actions may be taken:

• Content Rejection: Content that violates guidelines may be rejected. The submitter will receive an explanation.
• Editorial Review: The editorial team may request changes or additional context before making a decision.
• Account Warning: First-time or minor violations may result in a warning.
• Permanent Ban: Accounts that seriously or repeatedly violate the guidelines may be permanently banned. Banned users may appeal through the process below.

✉️Appeals & Contact

If you believe a moderation decision was made in error:

• Content Rejection: Contact the editorial team through the Oasis Change website with your submission details.
• Account Ban: Banned accounts may appeal by contacting support. Appeals are reviewed by the editorial board.
• Review Questions: If your legitimate academic content was rejected or flagged, please reach out to us with details.