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@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ This is not a place to discuss what you think an "ethical" LLM/AI is. We will cl
 
 This is also not a place to open an issue to the effect of "think of the centrists".
 
-If someone has a question in a Discussion type issue, and it requires a hard stance on behalf of the repo, please do not comment with a definitive answer unless you are a maintainer. If you do comment, please explicitly state that you are not an official maintainer, and tag @ethical-foss-admin if one has not already responded. There are still situations in which the maintainers will ask for community feedback, and in those, anyone is free to comment. We have these rules to reduce confusion and prevent conflict if there is a mismatch between community members and maintainers. If you feel strongly and want to push back, we are OK with that, but you must do so kindly and in accordance with our [Code of Conduct](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+If someone has a question in a Discussion type issue, and it requires a hard stance on behalf of the repo, please do not comment with a definitive answer unless you are a maintainer. If you do comment, please explicitly state that you are not an official maintainer, and tag @ethical-foss-admin immediately. There are still situations in which the maintainers of this repo will ask for community feedback, and in those, anyone is free to comment. We have these rules to reduce confusion and prevent conflict if there is a mismatch between community members and maintainers.
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+We will often lock a discussion to official collaborators only when a member of another project reaches out to discuss their AI policy or why they were added or removed from the list in any way. These are delicate matters that should only be handled by @ethical-foss-admin or, in some cases, Team Human Made. If we lock an issue, it doesn't mean anyone has done anything wrong, but we want to prevent mixed feedback and overwhelming external maintainers.
 
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