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== Our Terms of Service == | == Our Terms of Service == | ||
Welcome to NITC Wiki! <br> | Welcome to NITC Wiki! <br> | ||
NITC Wiki is | NITC Wiki is a volunteer-driven community created and run by the students of the National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India. Our mission is to empower and engage students in the creation and development of content, and share it widely at no cost.<br><br> | ||
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To support our vibrant community, we provide the essential infrastructure and organizational framework for developing wiki projects and their editions and other endeavours that serve this mission. We strive to make and keep educational and informational content from the Projects available on the internet free of charge, in perpetuity. | To support our vibrant community, we provide the essential infrastructure and organizational framework for developing wiki projects and their editions and other endeavours that serve this mission. We strive to make and keep educational and informational content from the Projects available on the internet free of charge, in perpetuity. | ||
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Please be aware that you are legally responsible for all of your contributions, edits, and reuse of NITC Wiki content under the laws of India and other applicable laws (which may include laws where you or the subject of your contributions are located). This means it is important that you exercise caution when posting, modifying or reusing content. In light of this responsibility, we have some rules about what you cannot do, most of which are either for your own protection or for the protection of other users like yourself. Please keep in mind that the content we host is for general informational purposes only, so if you need expert advice for a particular question (such as medical, legal, or financial issues), you should seek the help of an appropriate professional. We also include other important notices and disclaimers, so please read these Terms of Service in their entirety. | Please be aware that you are legally responsible for all of your contributions, edits, and reuse of NITC Wiki content under the laws of India and other applicable laws (which may include laws where you or the subject of your contributions are located). This means it is important that you exercise caution when posting, modifying or reusing content. In light of this responsibility, we have some rules about what you cannot do, most of which are either for your own protection or for the protection of other users like yourself. Please keep in mind that the content we host is for general informational purposes only, so if you need expert advice for a particular question (such as medical, legal, or financial issues), you should seek the help of an appropriate professional. We also include other important notices and disclaimers, so please read these Terms of Service in their entirety. | ||
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For clarity, other organizations, such as local Wikimedia chapters and associations, that may share the same mission are nevertheless legally independent and separate from NITC Wiki. Unless otherwise stated by the | For clarity, other organizations, such as local Wikimedia chapters and associations, that may share the same mission are nevertheless legally independent and separate from NITC Wiki. Unless otherwise stated by the community as an authorized party on a given Project's Website, those other organizations have no responsibility for the operations of the Project's Website or its content. | ||
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:::* a statement in the edit summary accompanying any paid contributions. | :::* a statement in the edit summary accompanying any paid contributions. | ||
::* In addition, if you make a public posting off the Projects advertising editing services on NITC Wiki in exchange for compensation of any kind, you must disclose all NITC Wiki accounts you have used or will use for this service in the public posting on the third-party service. | ::* In addition, if you make a public posting off the Projects advertising editing services on NITC Wiki in exchange for compensation of any kind, you must disclose all NITC Wiki accounts you have used or will use for this service in the public posting on the third-party service. | ||
::* Applicable law, or Project-specific policies and | ::* Applicable law, or Project-specific policies and community policies and guidelines, such as those addressing conflicts of interest, may further limit paid contributions or require more detailed disclosure. For example, infringing NITC Wiki Trademarks (defined hereinafter at Section 6) to advertise paid editing services, removing disclosures on previously adequately disclosed paid edits, or logged-out paid editing in a manner that makes adequate disclosure a practical impossibility violate this section. | ||
::* An NITC Wiki Project community may adopt an alternative paid contribution disclosure policy which may supplement or replace this section. If a Project adopts an alternative disclosure policy, you may comply with that policy instead of the requirements in this section (titled "Paid Contributions Without Disclosure") when contributing to that particular Project. | ::* An NITC Wiki Project community may adopt an alternative paid contribution disclosure policy which may supplement or replace this section. If a Project adopts an alternative disclosure policy, you may comply with that policy instead of the requirements in this section (titled "Paid Contributions Without Disclosure") when contributing to that particular Project. | ||
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It is possible to notify us of illegal content, or content that violates our Terms of Service (including all policies and other documents incorporated by reference) for other reasons by contacting us directly. However, you can typically make a request directly to the Project's community: this may be more efficient, and is more consistent with our Projects' aim to empower the user community. | It is possible to notify us of illegal content, or content that violates our Terms of Service (including all policies and other documents incorporated by reference) for other reasons by contacting us directly. However, you can typically make a request directly to the Project's community: this may be more efficient, and is more consistent with our Projects' aim to empower the user community. | ||
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Each Project will usually provide "Help" or "Contact" pages for further guidance, or specific tools for reporting issues. Alternatively – if in doubt – you can ask members of the community for help, by sending an email to (email). Please note that these mailboxes are monitored by users of the Projects, not the | Each Project will usually provide "Help" or "Contact" pages for further guidance, or specific tools for reporting issues. Alternatively – if in doubt – you can ask members of the community for help, by sending an email to (email). Please note that these mailboxes are monitored by users of the Projects, not the community. As a result, they should not be threatened or issued with legal demands. | ||
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If you contact the | If you contact the community with a problem, we will typically explore whether and how existing community-led mechanisms can investigate and, where appropriate, resolve it. | ||
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In an unusual case, the need may arise, or the community may ask us, to address an especially problematic user or especially problematic content because of significant Project disturbance or dangerous behavior. In such cases, we reserve the right, at our sole discretion (or where legally compelled), to:<br> | In an unusual case, the need may arise, or the community may ask us, to address an especially problematic user or especially problematic content because of significant Project disturbance or dangerous behavior. In such cases, we reserve the right, at our sole discretion (or where legally compelled), to:<br> | ||
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NITC Wiki moderation activities may be informed or performed by software (such as traffic flood ("Denial of Service") protection). In those cases, human review is normally available, upon request. | NITC Wiki moderation activities may be informed or performed by software (such as traffic flood ("Denial of Service") protection). In those cases, human review is normally available, upon request. | ||
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In the interests of our users and the Projects, in the extreme circumstance that any individual has had their account or access blocked under this section, they are prohibited from creating or using another account on or seeking access to the same Project, unless we provide explicit permission. Without limiting the authority of the community, the | In the interests of our users and the Projects, in the extreme circumstance that any individual has had their account or access blocked under this section, they are prohibited from creating or using another account on or seeking access to the same Project, unless we provide explicit permission. Without limiting the authority of the community, the community itself will not ban a user from editing or contributing or block a user's account or access solely because of good faith criticism that does not result in actions otherwise violating these Terms of Service or community policies. | ||
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NITC Wiki and its members may also take action when so allowed by the community or | NITC Wiki and its members may also take action when so allowed by the community or community policies applicable to the specific Project edition, including but not limited to warning, investigating, blocking, or banning users who violate those policies. You agree to comply with the final decisions of dispute resolution bodies that are established by the community for the specific Project editions (such as arbitration committees); these decisions may include sanctions as set out by the policy of the specific Project edition. | ||
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Especially problematic users who have had accounts or access blocked on multiple Project editions may be subject to a ban from all of the Project editions, in accordance with the Global Ban Policy. In contrast to Board resolutions or these Terms of Service, policies established by the community, which may cover a single Project edition or multiple Projects editions (like the Global Ban Policy), may be modified by the relevant community according to its own procedures. | Especially problematic users who have had accounts or access blocked on multiple Project editions may be subject to a ban from all of the Project editions, in accordance with the Global Ban Policy. In contrast to Board resolutions or these Terms of Service, policies established by the community, which may cover a single Project edition or multiple Projects editions (like the Global Ban Policy), may be modified by the relevant community according to its own procedures. | ||
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The blocking of an account or access or the banning of a user under this provision shall be in accordance with Section 13 of these Terms of Service. | The blocking of an account or access or the banning of a user under this provision shall be in accordance with Section 13 of these Terms of Service. | ||
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If you believe we have not satisfactorily acted on a problematic content report, or if you have been subjected to | If you believe we have not satisfactorily acted on a problematic content report, or if you have been subjected to a community moderation action that you wish to challenge, you may be able to submit an appeal. Other information about routes of appeal may also be explained to you at the time, or in Project-specific help pages. | ||
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We reserve the right to suspend (temporarily, or permanently) our handling of reports or other correspondence from users or third parties, whether about allegedly illegal or otherwise problematic content or conduct, or requesting appeals against moderation actions, if such correspondence was made in bad faith, repetitive, unfounded, and/or abusive. In appropriate circumstances, your email address may even be blocked on our email system(s), and you will then need to contact us at our postal address if you wish to further correspond with us during that block. For less serious cases (e.g. up to three polite emails about one or more meritless complaints), this is likely to be temporary. More frequent or more abusive communications are more likely to lead to permanent measures. | We reserve the right to suspend (temporarily, or permanently) our handling of reports or other correspondence from users or third parties, whether about allegedly illegal or otherwise problematic content or conduct, or requesting appeals against moderation actions, if such correspondence was made in bad faith, repetitive, unfounded, and/or abusive. In appropriate circumstances, your email address may even be blocked on our email system(s), and you will then need to contact us at our postal address if you wish to further correspond with us during that block. For less serious cases (e.g. up to three polite emails about one or more meritless complaints), this is likely to be temporary. More frequent or more abusive communications are more likely to lead to permanent measures. | ||
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'''Marketing Company Mediations'''<br> | '''Marketing Company Mediations'''<br> | ||
As described in section 4 of these Terms of Service, you agree to resolve violations of the Paid Contributions without Disclosure in a Marketing Company Mediation at the | As described in section 4 of these Terms of Service, you agree to resolve violations of the Paid Contributions without Disclosure in a Marketing Company Mediation at the community's discretion. Marketing Company Mediations are '''binding''' mediations where, at the end of either a half or full day session, any disputed items that remain unresolved will be decided by the mediator in a legally binding decision. They will be conducted in meetings by teleconference or videoconference. If an in-person meeting is required, then the Marketing Company Mediation will take place in the Institute. The parties will split all fees and expenses related to the mediation/arbitration equally. | ||
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You agree, as part of a Marketing Company Mediation, to cooperate with NITC Wiki, including by timely providing any documentation in your possession relating to your undisclosed paid editing activities including the accounts used, articles affected, and clients who purchased such services. | You agree, as part of a Marketing Company Mediation, to cooperate with NITC Wiki, including by timely providing any documentation in your possession relating to your undisclosed paid editing activities including the accounts used, articles affected, and clients who purchased such services. | ||
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Just as the NITC Wiki community's input is essential for the growth and maintenance of the Projects, we believe that community input is essential for these Terms of Service to properly serve our users. It is also essential for a fair contract. Therefore, we will provide these Terms of Service, as well as any substantial future revisions of these Terms of Service, to the community for comment at least thirty (30) days before the end of the comment period. If a future proposed revision is substantial, we will provide an additional 30 days for comments after posting a translation of the proposed revision. For changes for legal or administrative reasons, to correct an inaccurate statement, or changes in response to community comments, we will provide at least three (3) days' notice. | Just as the NITC Wiki community's input is essential for the growth and maintenance of the Projects, we believe that community input is essential for these Terms of Service to properly serve our users. It is also essential for a fair contract. Therefore, we will provide these Terms of Service, as well as any substantial future revisions of these Terms of Service, to the community for comment at least thirty (30) days before the end of the comment period. If a future proposed revision is substantial, we will provide an additional 30 days for comments after posting a translation of the proposed revision. For changes for legal or administrative reasons, to correct an inaccurate statement, or changes in response to community comments, we will provide at least three (3) days' notice. | ||
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Because it may be necessary to modify these Terms of Service from time to time, we will provide notice of such modifications and the opportunity to comment via the Project websites, and via a notification on NITC Wiki Announcements. However, we ask that you please periodically review the most up-to-date version of these Terms of Service. Your continued use of our services after the new Terms of Service become official following the notice and review period constitutes an acceptance of these Terms of Service on your part. For the protection of the NITC Wiki | Because it may be necessary to modify these Terms of Service from time to time, we will provide notice of such modifications and the opportunity to comment via the Project websites, and via a notification on NITC Wiki Announcements. However, we ask that you please periodically review the most up-to-date version of these Terms of Service. Your continued use of our services after the new Terms of Service become official following the notice and review period constitutes an acceptance of these Terms of Service on your part. For the protection of the NITC Wiki community and other users like yourself, if you do not agree with our Terms of Service, you cannot use our services. | ||
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== 18. Other Terms == | == 18. Other Terms == | ||