Adding rules and removal reasons

Rules

Following our guide on setting rules, here's how to add them.

Mobile users: Mod tools in app are limited, use desktop, or desktop mode in your mobile browser https://www.reddit.com/r/SUBREDDIT/about/rules

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(Edit: A few images in this guide will look different to how your sub looks - reddit changed the look of redesign in Jan 2020)

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• In redesign, once rules are added, they automatically show up in the rules sidebar widget, here's our redesign adding rules guide
• In old.reddit there is no widget, and rules don't automatically show up anywhere. Rules are typed into the sidebar Old.reddit adding rules guide
• You can also use a wiki page for your rules, or to expand on your rules. See our wiki guide.

I'd recommend trying not to have your rules in too many places as you'll need to keep them all up to date with any changes. I use the redesign rules and a wiki page that I can link with expanded rules.

Linking rules in a sticky post can help with viability.

In old.reddit you can also use some custom css so that the rules (or anything else you want) is collapsed in the sidebar (takes up less room). Redesign has this option built in.

r/canada has collapsed lists, the css can be found here. You can find help with css at r/csshelp.

In old.reddit the sidebar information is written in markdown. Help can be found here: Reddit's commenting guide | Raerth's guide | Markdown primer

Thanks to u/PervOtaku for pointing out:

"It's also significant to note that people viewing Reddit on their smart phone web browser get an "About this Community" link which leads to the old reddit sidebar content, while people viewing Reddit in the official smartphone app get an "About" tab which leads to the new reddit sidebar content."

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Removal reasons

(Redesign only) These are reasons you provide for post and comment removals on your subreddit.

Removal reasons are important to let your users know what it is they have done incorrectly so they can learn from it.

Our adding removal reasons guide | Reddit's guide

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Thanks to u/Juulh