diff --git a/doc/developer/workflow.rst b/doc/developer/workflow.rst
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--- a/doc/developer/workflow.rst
+++ b/doc/developer/workflow.rst
@@ -256,7 +256,15 @@ After submitting your changes
 
    -  Wait for reviewers. Someone will review your code or be assigned
       to review your code.
-   -  Respond to any comments or concerns the reviewer has.
+   -  Respond to any comments or concerns the reviewer has.  Use e-mail or
+      add a comment via github to respond or to let the reviewer know how
+      their comment or concern is addressed.
+   -  An author must never delete or manually dismiss someone else's comments
+      or review.  (A review may be overridden by agreement in the weekly
+      technical meeting.)
+   -  Automatically generated comments, e.g., those generated by CI systems,
+      may be deleted by authors and others when such comments are not the most
+      results from that automated comment source.
    -  After all comments and concerns are addressed, expect your patch
       to be merged.