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[[WikiIndex]] is an [[:Category:OpenEdit|open edit]] wiki; meaning you don't need an account in order to make edits here.  If you would like, [[Special:RequestAccount|get your own account]] and edit under your [[WikiIndex:RealNames|real name]], preferably, or by using a pseudonym.
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<big>'''WikiIndex: Terms of Service''' ('''WI:ToS''')</big>


It helps a lot if you provide your e-mail address at registration time. Than You can expect to be notified of the outcome of our account confirmation procedure which basically takes place on a daily or at least weekly basis. Your address will not be revealed to anybody than the [[Sysop]] who processes your request.  
[[WikiIndex]] is an '[[:Category:OpenEdit|open edit]]' wiki.  This means that you do not need to [[Special:RequestAccount|register for an account]] here on WikiIndex in order read our content, and / or to make [[edit]]s.  However, your continued use of {{tag|WikiIndex}} in any manner means that you accept these {{tag|guidelines}}, and the terms and any associated policies.


*'''Attention''': Check [[Help:E-Mail Verification]] for a list of e-mail domains that work with our server!
;''Privacy
If you do choose to register for a [[:Category:WikiIndex account|user account]] here on {{tag|WikiIndex}}, the e-mail address(es), along with any other personal information you provided during registration will <u>not</u> be revealed to anybody other than the [[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki|administrator(s)]] who review and process your new account request.  Your submitted information ''may'' also be be seen by members of the groups [[WikiIndex:Check user|check user]], [[WikiIndex:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]], and [[Special:ListUsers/staff|staff]].  Personal and / or private information will never be divulged, except in extremely limited circumstances; usually at the official request of a recognised [[:Category:Government|governmental]] department or official [[:Category:Law|law]] enforcement agency.


After your [[Special:ConfirmAccounts|account]] is approved, you will then also be able to [[Special:Upload|upload]] images.  Any off-site [[:Category:WikiLogo|wiki logos]] uploaded here are owned by their respective copyright holder, but are used here on WikiIndex under '[[WikiIndex:Fair Use|fair use]]'.
;''Submissions
All written textual content here on {{tag|WikiIndex}} is made available under the terms of the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license]] (<span class=plainlinks>[https://CreativeCommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC-BY-SA 3.0]</span>).  For anybody contributing content of any kind to WikiIndex, this means that:
# You <u>must</u> make sure that <u>your</u> contributions are free from contradictions with this CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.  Any content that you copied from other sources must be <u>fully compliant</u> with the terms, ''and'' spirit of CC-BY-SA 3.0, or ''more'' free.  Or – at best – the content is created by <u>you</u>.  Any content submitted in breach of any terms of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license will be [[revert]]ed or deleted by an {{tag|admin}}istrator.
# You have no right to revoke any of <u>your</u> contributions here at WikiIndex; because contributing means that whilst its ownership is still retained by its original creator, once you submit your content, ownership of that content gets transferred to the entire WikiIndex community.


All written content here on {{tag|WikiIndex}} is made available under the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license]].[https://CreativeCommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/] [https://CreativeCommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode] When editing here on WikiIndex, we ask that you write the content yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource.  ''Copyrighted work without permission will be deleted without link to copyright holders permission.''
;''See also
*[[WikiIndex: Text of the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported license]]
*[[WikiIndex: General disclaimer]]
*[[WikiIndex: Fair use]]
*[[WikiIndex: Copyrights]]
*[[WikiIndex: Manual of Style]]


Please consider becoming part of the WikiIndex community, and respect others here.  After-all, the [[WikiWay]] is an elegant way of being.
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WikiIndex: Terms of Service (WI:ToS)

WikiIndex is an 'open edit' wiki. This means that you do not need to register for an account here on WikiIndex in order read our content, and / or to make edits. However, your continued use of WikiIndex in any manner means that you accept these guidelines, and the terms and any associated policies.

Privacy

If you do choose to register for a user account here on WikiIndex, the e-mail address(es), along with any other personal information you provided during registration will not be revealed to anybody other than the administrator(s) who review and process your new account request. Your submitted information may also be be seen by members of the groups check user, bureaucrat, and staff. Personal and / or private information will never be divulged, except in extremely limited circumstances; usually at the official request of a recognised governmental department or official law enforcement agency.

Submissions

All written textual content here on WikiIndex is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC-BY-SA 3.0). For anybody contributing content of any kind to WikiIndex, this means that:

  1. You must make sure that your contributions are free from contradictions with this CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. Any content that you copied from other sources must be fully compliant with the terms, and spirit of CC-BY-SA 3.0, or more free. Or – at best – the content is created by you. Any content submitted in breach of any terms of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license will be reverted or deleted by an administrator.
  2. You have no right to revoke any of your contributions here at WikiIndex; because contributing means that whilst its ownership is still retained by its original creator, once you submit your content, ownership of that content gets transferred to the entire WikiIndex community.
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