Added code of conduct to the repo

Author: Adez017

CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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-**🌐 Documentation Code of Conduct — recode-website 🌐**
+# Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
 
-**🤝 Our Commitment**
+## Our Pledge
 
-recode-website is built to empower learners, developers, and open-source contributors from all walks of life. Whether you’re fixing a typo or designing a whole new feature, every contribution matters. We’re committed to ensuring a respectful, welcoming, and inclusive space for everyone.
+We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in our
+community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
+size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender
+identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status,
+nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity
+and orientation.
 
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+We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming,
+diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.
 
-**💡 Our Core Values**
+## Our Standards
 
-We believe the recode hive community thrives when we:
-- 💬 Encourage open communication and knowledge sharing
-- 🧠 Welcome new ideas, diverse perspectives, and honest questions
-- 🙌 Support and uplift contributors at all skill levels
-- 📖 Respect others' time, feedback, and creativity
-- 🎨 Create with curiosity, code with care
-- 🤝 Work together transparently and collaboratively
+Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our
+community include:
 
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+* Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
+* Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
+* Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
+* Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes,
+  and learning from the experience
+* Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the
+  overall community
 
-**🚫 Unacceptable Behavior**
+Examples of unacceptable behavior include:
 
-To maintain a safe and productive space, we do not tolerate:
-- ❌ Disrespectful, rude, or hostile interactions
-- ❌ Harassment, intimidation, or personal attacks
-- ❌ Plagiarism, spamming, or irrelevant promotions
-- ❌ Gatekeeping or excluding others from discussions
-- ❌ Discrimination based on gender, race, religion, identity, or background
+* The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or
+  advances of any kind
+* Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
+* Public or private harassment
+* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or email
+  address, without their explicit permission
+* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
+  professional setting
 
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+## Enforcement Responsibilities
 
-**🧭 Scope of This Code**
+Community leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of
+acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in
+response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive,
+or harmful.
 
-This Code of Conduct applies to all spaces where the recode hive project is represented:
-- 📌 GitHub repository & discussions
-- 📌 Pull requests, issues, and commit comments
-- 📌 Project-related events, forums, and social media
-- 📌 Any other platform or medium connected to recode hive
+Community leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject
+comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are
+not aligned to this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation
+decisions when appropriate.
 
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+## Scope
 
-**📢 Reporting Concerns**
+This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, and also applies when
+an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces.
+Examples of representing our community include using an official e-mail address,
+posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed
+representative at an online or offline event.
 
-If you experience or observe behavior that violates these guidelines, please notify a *Project Admin or GSSoC Mentor*. All concerns will be handled with seriousness, respect, and confidentiality.
+## Enforcement
 
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+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
+reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at
+sanjay@recodehive.com.
+All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.
 
-**⚖️ Consequences of Violations**
+All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the
+reporter of any incident.
 
-We reserve the right to take appropriate action, which may include:
-- 🟡 Reminder of the guidelines
-- 🟠 Formal warning
-- 🔴 Temporary exclusion from contributions
-- ⚫ Permanent ban from the project
+## Enforcement Guidelines
 
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+Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining
+the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:
 
-**🌟 Contributor Expectations**
+### 1. Correction
 
-We ask all contributors to:
-- ✅ Collaborate respectfully and constructively
-- ✅ Maintain integrity and credit all sources
-- ✅ Embrace learning and be open to feedback
-- ✅ Avoid offensive, unethical, or AI-generated content without review
-- ✅ Help make recode hive a safe, beginner-friendly environment
+**Community Impact**: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed
+unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.
 
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+**Consequence**: A private, written warning from community leaders, providing
+clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the
+behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.
 
-**💫 Our Vision**
+### 2. Warning
 
-*recode-website* is more than a project—it’s a platform for exploration, skill-building, and meaningful collaboration. Let’s code not just with logic, but with empathy and purpose. Together, we can create tech that inspires and includes. 💻🌱
+**Community Impact**: A violation through a single incident or series
+of actions.
 
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+**Consequence**: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No
+interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with
+those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This
+includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels
+like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or
+permanent ban.
 
-**📄 Attribution**
+### 3. Temporary Ban
 
-This Code of Conduct aligns with the principles of *GSSoC’25* and reflects our collective commitment to mentorship, inclusivity, and ethical open-source contribution.
+**Community Impact**: A serious violation of community standards, including
+sustained inappropriate behavior.
 
-Inspired by [Contributor Covenant](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/3/0/code_of_conduct/) and has been adapted specifically for recode-website as part of the GSSoC’25 Open Source Contributions initiative.
+**Consequence**: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public
+communication with the community for a specified period of time. No public or
+private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction
+with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period.
+Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.
 
-Modifications include beginner-friendly practices, inclusive open-source standards, and collaboration-focused values in line with GSSoC’s vision of mentorship and diversity in tech.
+### 4. Permanent Ban
+
+**Community Impact**: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community
+standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior,  harassment of an
+individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.
+
+**Consequence**: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within
+the community.
+
+## Attribution
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage],
+version 2.0, available at
+https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html.
+
+Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by [Mozilla's code of conduct
+enforcement ladder](https://github.com/mozilla/diversity).