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Terms of Service

Unread post by greybeard » Wed Jun 04, 2014 5:58 am

All users of Wikipediocracy, regardless of their user status, are through their use of this service, subject to the following Terms of Service.
The management and moderators of Wikipediocracy do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message posted on this forum, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. All posted messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of the management or moderators of this forum or its other members.

All Users of Wikipediocracy agree, through your use of this service, that they will not use this forum to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, violent, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violates any law.

While the management of Wikipediocracy is not responsible for messages posted, we do not allow all messages, once posted, to remain. Any User who believes that a posted message is objectionable or violates these Terms is encouraged to contact a Moderator or Administrator immediately using the "Report Post" button in the interface. We will remove postings determined to violate our Terms as promptly as possible.

Notwithstanding the above, all Users of Wikipediocracy agree as follows:

Users of the forum and blog own the copyright in their posts (including but not limited to data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials (the "Content")) to any and all parts of the site. By posting Content to any area of this forum, Users automatically grant, and represent and warrant that they have the right to grant, to Wikipediocracy (including its respective agents, affiliates, licensors and service providers), an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, display, and distribute such Content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. Users understand and agree that all Content is the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. Wikipediocracy does not control the Content posted on the site and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. Users understand that by using this forum, they may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Wikipediocracy or any of its administrators be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content.

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Re: Terms of Service

Unread post by greybeard » Wed Jun 04, 2014 6:03 am

An additional policy statement, for clarification:
The management and moderators of Wikipediocracy do not encourage, condone, or allow threats of violence or comments of a violent nature on this site. Any such statements violate our site's Terms of Service and will be promptly removed. We similarly discourage such statements being made anywhere. Users making such statements will be asked to retract them, or face the loss of publishing rights on this site.

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Re: Terms of Service

Unread post by Zoloft » Thu Dec 19, 2019 9:49 pm

Addition to TOS:
Members are required to keep confidential the contents of forums which are not in public view, including all members-only forums. Failure to do so may involve restrictions on viewing that content, or suspension of the member’s account.

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Re: Terms of Service

Unread post by Zoloft » Tue Dec 31, 2019 12:09 am

So I found the default TOS was changed when we moved to the new software, not surprising.

Here's the current text (which I will be editing to merge in old and new language):
By accessing Wikipediocracy, you agree to be legally bound by the following terms. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the following terms then please do not access and/or use Wikipediocracy. We may change these at any time and we’ll do our utmost in informing you, though it would be prudent to review this regularly yourself as your continued usage of Wikipediocracy after changes mean you agree to be legally bound by these terms as they are updated and/or amended.

Our forums are powered by phpBB (hereinafter “they”, “them”, “their”, “phpBB software”, “www.phpbb.com”, “phpBB Limited”, “phpBB Teams”) which is a bulletin board solution released under the GNU General Public License v2 (hereinafter “GPL”) and can be downloaded from www.phpbb.com. The phpBB software only facilitates internet based discussions; phpBB Limited is not responsible for what we allow and/or disallow as permissible content and/or conduct. For further information about phpBB, please see: www.phpbb.com.
You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that may violate any laws be it of your country, the country where Wikipediocracy is hosted or International Law.

Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of your Internet Service Provider if deemed required by us. The IP address of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that Wikipediocracy has the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should we see fit.

As a user you agree to any information you have entered to being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, neither Wikipediocracy nor phpBB shall be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.
Please note that until changed (and this topic replaced), the TOS as set down by Greybeard in the original post and any previous additions remain in force.

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