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| Sep 3 2007, 9:47 PM EDT (current) | loyaleagle | 6 words added, 336 words deleted |
| Aug 29 2007, 5:08 PM EDT | broadsideonline | 26 words added |
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This is a placeholder and brainstorm space for the final policy of MasonWiki. These are guidelines for pretty much any wiki. These are not the official guidelines or policy and are subject to change without notice.
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This is a placeholder and brainstorm space for the final policy of MasonWiki. These are guidelines for pretty much any wiki. These are not the official guidelines or policy and are subject to change without notice.
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Content Restrictions
Wiki participants cannot post anything that is illegal, obscene, defamatory or threatening. Likewise, content cannot infringe on intellectual property rights, be invasive of privacy and be otherwise injurious or objectionable. While Broadside articles may be used to relay further information on a topic, the Broadside name cannot be used to endorse or promote a product, opinion or cause. Any promotion of the above must be identified as the Wiki participant's own opinion and not that of Broadside.
Content Ownership
Broadside will not own Wiki participant content, yet participants must agree to having their content copied, distributed, displayed or performed through RSS feeds and other online and print means. In every case, the participant’s name will be attributed along with a link to the content.
Broadside is not liable under any circumstances or in any way for any errors, omissions, losees or damages incurred as a result of participant content. The evaluation of participant content and burden of risks remain solely on the Wiki participant.
The MasonWiki is not maintained by Broadside. If you feel your copyright has been infringed, contact us at mebroadsideonline@gmail.com and Broadside will take down the content.
Reserved Rights
Broadside reserves the right to remove its association/linkage to any content that infringes on that discussed in ‘content restrictions.’ Broadside reserves the right to edit all participant content. Broadside also reserves the right to delete posts that contain inappropriate material. In cases where participants repeatedly post inappropriate content on the MasonWIKI, Broadside reserves the right to delete the participant's username and block him/her from Wiki use.
Both parties understand that participants, in agreeing with this policy, only gain access to the use of the system, and are not, by any virtue of the Wiki relationship, members of the staff. Broadside is the provider of the service, and along with any ownership, disclaims any control other than the control that could be exercised by a service provider.
When and if the agreement terminates, in no event will the termination create liability for either party to the other.
Term Modification
Broadside reserves the right to alter these terms at any time. All participants will be notified if this occurs.
By registering to the MasonWIKI you are agreeing to the above.
Suggestions:
-Keep personal opinion to a minimum. Objective articles are much more useful and long-lasting than biased articles. This is not a space to flame about something that you hate. That being said, campus opinion of things can be commented on (such as the prevailing views of Ciao Hall food quality). Often there will be more than one opinion about any given topic so please be respectful of all viewpoints and try to stick to the facts.
-Use common sense. The things you say can be linked back to your profile and if you use overtly inappropriate language (think PG-13) or post offensive or illegal material, you may be contacted and your account may be suspended.
-Try to keep the wiki looking nice. When you begin posting, try to keep the layout fairly simple and use paragraph breaks (this makes for easier reading). If you write a list of articles, try to keep a unified format. Also, if you are editingNow a pre-existing group of articles, try to maintain the format that has been established. If the mods don't like how you've laid it out, they'll edit it for aesthetics.
-Organization: If you don't know where something should go, select "home" when giving it a location. Someone else will place it where it needs to go. Please try and figure it out for yourself, though, as it can always be moved and will clutter up the wiki if too many are placed in home.
-Use the spellcheck. Use decent grammar. Take somego pride in your writing.
-Cite your sources. Try not to copy and paste unless absolutely necessary. If you doread copy the work of another or even if you used it to get some info for your article, try to do something like this:
***Example***
Sources:
Google
Digg
GMU MainMasonWiki SiteRules***/Example***!
You can cite internal pages with either the "suggest links" button (for exact matches to article titles) or under "find pages" with the "link button". It will save you time if you use these tools.
Wiki participants cannot post anything that is illegal, obscene, defamatory or threatening. Likewise, content cannot infringe on intellectual property rights, be invasive of privacy and be otherwise injurious or objectionable. While Broadside articles may be used to relay further information on a topic, the Broadside name cannot be used to endorse or promote a product, opinion or cause. Any promotion of the above must be identified as the Wiki participant's own opinion and not that of Broadside.
Content Ownership
Broadside will not own Wiki participant content, yet participants must agree to having their content copied, distributed, displayed or performed through RSS feeds and other online and print means. In every case, the participant’s name will be attributed along with a link to the content.
Broadside is not liable under any circumstances or in any way for any errors, omissions, losees or damages incurred as a result of participant content. The evaluation of participant content and burden of risks remain solely on the Wiki participant.
The MasonWiki is not maintained by Broadside. If you feel your copyright has been infringed, contact us at mebroadsideonline@gmail.com and Broadside will take down the content.
Reserved Rights
Broadside reserves the right to remove its association/linkage to any content that infringes on that discussed in ‘content restrictions.’ Broadside reserves the right to edit all participant content. Broadside also reserves the right to delete posts that contain inappropriate material. In cases where participants repeatedly post inappropriate content on the MasonWIKI, Broadside reserves the right to delete the participant's username and block him/her from Wiki use.
Both parties understand that participants, in agreeing with this policy, only gain access to the use of the system, and are not, by any virtue of the Wiki relationship, members of the staff. Broadside is the provider of the service, and along with any ownership, disclaims any control other than the control that could be exercised by a service provider.
When and if the agreement terminates, in no event will the termination create liability for either party to the other.
Term Modification
Broadside reserves the right to alter these terms at any time. All participants will be notified if this occurs.
By registering to the MasonWIKI you are agreeing to the above.
Suggestions:
-Keep personal opinion to a minimum. Objective articles are much more useful and long-lasting than biased articles. This is not a space to flame about something that you hate. That being said, campus opinion of things can be commented on (such as the prevailing views of Ciao Hall food quality). Often there will be more than one opinion about any given topic so please be respectful of all viewpoints and try to stick to the facts.
-Use common sense. The things you say can be linked back to your profile and if you use overtly inappropriate language (think PG-13) or post offensive or illegal material, you may be contacted and your account may be suspended.
-Try to keep the wiki looking nice. When you begin posting, try to keep the layout fairly simple and use paragraph breaks (this makes for easier reading). If you write a list of articles, try to keep a unified format. Also, if you are editingNow a pre-existing group of articles, try to maintain the format that has been established. If the mods don't like how you've laid it out, they'll edit it for aesthetics.
-Organization: If you don't know where something should go, select "home" when giving it a location. Someone else will place it where it needs to go. Please try and figure it out for yourself, though, as it can always be moved and will clutter up the wiki if too many are placed in home.
-Use the spellcheck. Use decent grammar. Take somego pride in your writing.
-Cite your sources. Try not to copy and paste unless absolutely necessary. If you doread copy the work of another or even if you used it to get some info for your article, try to do something like this:
***Example***
Sources:
Digg
GMU MainMasonWiki SiteRules***/Example***!
You can cite internal pages with either the "suggest links" button (for exact matches to article titles) or under "find pages" with the "link button". It will save you time if you use these tools.
