Community Central talk:Terms of use

This page should be protected, IMHO. --Ellmist 17:45, 13 Dec 2004 (PST)
 * Done. Angela 06:57, 22 Dec 2004 (PST)

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Somewhere between signing up with a new account and making an edit, a user should be prompted to accept the Terms of use. An anonymous editer should be shown a link and a checkbox demanding that "you agree with the Terms of Use" before allowing an edit.


 * Added to feature requests. Angela 06:57, 22 Dec 2004 (PST)

''Wikicities is a hosting provider, and takes no responsibility for the content uploaded by third parties. Wikicities will act to remove copyright violations in a timely manner following the receipt of a DMCA takedown request. '' - should include a link to relevent copyright agent info


 * Done. Angela 06:57, 22 Dec 2004 (PST)

''All Wikicities shall remain publicly viewable and editable unless Wikicities chooses to remove a Wikicity. Wikicity pages should only be protected for administrative reasons or in cases of extreme vandalism or edit warring.'' This seems to be placing limitations on our own conduct, which is probably undesirable in a Terms of Use contract. Strictures should limit what we are required to do not what we are allowed to do.


 * Moved to protection since it is more of a guideline than a term of use. Angela 06:57, 22 Dec 2004 (PST)

In cases where it is legal to do so, the content will be made available as a database dump for download for a period after the wiki is closed. - similarly, this imposes an obligation on us. We are willing to do this, but we should not use legal sounding language to state we shall do it.


 * Ok. I removed that part. Angela 06:57, 22 Dec 2004 (PST)


 * Following the comment below, I think this should go back in. Users need reasurance their work won't be lost. Angela 18:21, 23 Dec 2004 (PST)

In the advertising section, there is no need to mention Google specifically.


 * Removed specifics about advertising. Angela 06:57, 22 Dec 2004 (PST)

TimShell 15:53, 20 Dec 2004 (PST)

Termination clause ?
I'm willing to invest in the Luxembourg and Suisse wikicities, but would need to have some assurance that if things go bad for any reason, I would be able to copy the wiki to another wiki provider (via a database dump; the "Special:Export file" mechanism does not keep the page layout information, and is thus unusable as it is today). I would require this clause from any hosting provider (even if free).

Also, at this point, I have no information on how advertising will be done, and I'm afraid that it could become intrusive. It is nowhere said that wikicity members will have a say in the design. So, I see this as a big risk, and a sufficient reason to stop my effort. Any information would be welcome.Pcarbonnelle 12:54, 23 Dec 2004 (PST)


 * I originally put in the terms of use that database dumps would be made available in the event of closure. I can understand users need reassurance, but at the same time, it's difficult to make promises such as this. I'd rather it were put back in, though I'll wait to see if anyone else comments. The advertising will certainly not be intrusive. The aim is to build communities, and off-putting advertising would severely hamper us meeting that goal. I expect the design will be to have the ads in the sidebar, as shown at advertising. I wonder if I'd be being too bold to state that we will never have pop up adverts? I really can't imagine that would ever be the case. Initially, we intend to use Google ads, and their guidelines prohibit these. Angela 18:19, 23 Dec 2004 (PST)