Jimbo Wales is teaming up with book publisher Tim O'Reilly to create a "code of conduct" for bloggers.
The code is expected to address issues of free speech and the practice of allowing mean-spirited comments made by users to remain in the blogosphere. It will also address a perceived need to delete posted comments, particularly those by anonymous users, that are at odds with the code of conduct. Under consideration is the question of whether it is an admissible action in a public forum to delete a comment if it meets one of several objectionable reasons for removing it.
"That is one of the mistakes a lot of people make, believing that uncensored speech is the most free when in fact, managed civil dialogue is actually the freer speech," said O'Reilly.
Some of the proposed rules of the code, as it is being discussed, might include: 
The code is a draft proposal undergoing development at Wikia, a privately held web hosting company founded by Wales and Angela Beesley.
"If it's a carefully constructed set of principles, it could carry a lot of weight even if not everyone agrees," said Wales.
The reception of the code is mixed, but there are many bloggers who feel that such a code of conduct would reduce the effects of unpleasant or malicious speech. "I’ve been assaulted and harassed online for four years," Richard Silverstein of richardsilverstein.com said. "Most of it I can take in stride. But you just never get used to that level of hatred."
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Jimbo Wales to lead development of 'code of conduct' for bloggers