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-# server-rules
+# Mastodon.Beer Server Rules
 
-Current and historical versions of the server rules for mastodon.beer.
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+These are the current server rules by which Mastodon.Beer is administered and moderated. The most recent version here is canonical. If the version of a rule in the server's about page differs, the current version here is the correct one. The current version of the rules are published on the server as a courtesy.
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+## Why a Code Repository?
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+These rules may change. The history of this repository serves as a record of those changes as well as the decisions for any given change. Decisions are recorded as commit messages on respective changes.