# Welcome

**URL:** https://datashield.discourse.group/c/support/welcome/9.md

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## [Introductions to the group](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/introductions-to-the-group/20)

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**Author:** [@olly](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/olly)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [6 January 2024 14:30 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/introductions-to-the-group/20 "2024-01-06T14:30:38Z")

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Hi! I’m Olly Butters. I am part of the Newcastle University group under Paul Burton. I am mostly interested in the infrastructural side of DataSHIELD.

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## [Code of conduct](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/code-of-conduct/24)

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**Author:** [@olly](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/olly)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [10 January 2019 15:49 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/code-of-conduct/24 "2019-01-10T15:49:06Z")

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This is a public forum for people interested in DataSHIELD, as such there are a few rules we’d like everyone to follow: Respect one another and be awesome to one another No name calling, harassment, spamming, trolling …

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## [Welcome to the DataSHIELD Discourse](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-the-datashield-discourse/7)

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**Author:** [@system](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [2 January 2019 18:01 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-the-datashield-discourse/7 "2019-01-02T18:01:31Z")

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About This forum is to support users and contributors of the DataSHIELD project - an open source software and infrastructure for the privacy protected distributed analysis of sensitive data. Please make posts in the rel…

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## [\*\* BEFORE YOU POST \*\* Please read!](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/before-you-post-please-read/417)

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**Author:** [@Elaine.Smith](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/Elaine.Smith)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [12 July 2021 08:42 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/before-you-post-please-read/417 "2021-07-12T08:42:10Z")

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Disclosure We welcome all posts on the Forum This forum is public , so never, ever, post any confidential data on it . Be careful that log files etc don’t have confidential data in them. Check any scripts/code fragments…

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## [About the Welcome category](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/about-the-welcome-category/19)

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**Author:** [@olly](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/olly)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [9 January 2019 14:24 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/about-the-welcome-category/19 "2019-01-09T14:24:43Z")

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This category contains information for new users of the DataSHIELD forum.