Community guidelines

Helix is a place for serious, curious, generous people to share science. Here's what we ask.

1

Be accurate, or say you don't know.

When you upload a simulation, fill the metadata honestly. When you comment, distinguish what you observe from what you speculate. When you cite, link the source.

2

Credit the work behind the data.

If a simulation is connected to a paper, link it. If you build on someone else's simulation, acknowledge them. The default licence is CC-BY — use the data, credit the author.

3

Discuss the science, not the scientist.

Disagreement is welcome. Personal attacks are not.

4

Don't upload what isn't yours to share.

Embargoed papers, proprietary force fields, datasets you don't own — don't upload them. Use the "private" visibility setting if you want to share with specific collaborators only.

5

No spam, no self-promotion that isn't useful.

Sharing your group's simulations is great. Spamming the same link across every comment thread isn't.

6

The AI guide is a tool, not a citation.

Verify before you cite. The guide draws on public databases — those are the sources, not the model.

7

If you see something that breaks these guidelines,

use the report button on the offending content. Reports go to a moderation queue.

Violations may result in content removal or account suspension. We try to apply these rules consistently and to err on the side of explaining before enforcing.