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These are the ''DOs and DON'Ts''  for all visitors and contributors to WikiPathways. The policies cover issues of copyright, conduct and contributions. Your observance of these policies will promote a healthy, effective and law-abiding community here at WikiPathways.  
These are the ''DOs and DON'Ts''  for all visitors and contributors to WikiPathways. The policies cover issues of copyright, conduct and contributions. Your observance of these policies will promote a healthy, effective and law-abiding community here at WikiPathways.  
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== Policy on Content ==
== Policy on Content ==
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* WikiPathways content is free. Anyone can edit content and nobody owns content. Content is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/). Do not infringe on copyright or submit work incompatible with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
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* Please refer to [[WikiPathways:License_Terms|our License and Terms of Use]]
== Policy on Editing ==
== Policy on Editing ==
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* No vandalism. Vandalism includes any edits made to deliberately compromise content.
* No vandalism. Vandalism includes any edits made to deliberately compromise content.
* No personal attacks of any kind.
* No personal attacks of any kind.
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* Deleting entire pathways can only be done by WikiPathways administrators. If you know of a pathway you think should be deleted, contact the administrators and state your reasons for deletion.
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* [[:Help:Deleting_Pathways|Deleting]] pathways can be done by WikiPathways administrators, or by an individual author if the author is the only author on the pathway. If you know of a pathway you think should be deleted, contact the administrators and state your reasons for deletion.
* WikiPathways does not allow spam or advertisements. Content of this nature will be deleted promptly.
* WikiPathways does not allow spam or advertisements. Content of this nature will be deleted promptly.
* WikiPathways enforces no firm editing rules.  A set of editing guidelines are available as suggestions.
* WikiPathways enforces no firm editing rules.  A set of editing guidelines are available as suggestions.
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* WikiPathways code of conduct: if there is a disagreement over a certain change, communicate respectfully with your peers using the discussion pages. Let facts (supported by references) guide the discussion rather than subjective opinions.
* WikiPathways code of conduct: if there is a disagreement over a certain change, communicate respectfully with your peers using the discussion pages. Let facts (supported by references) guide the discussion rather than subjective opinions.
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* WikiPathways administrators reserve the right to indefinitely block users who:
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** vandalize the site with content or behavior that is deemed unconstructive
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** appear to be an unauthorized bot or non-human entity
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** do not provide sufficient account information to identify themselves (e.g., email or real name)
== Guidelines for Contributors ==
== Guidelines for Contributors ==
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These are the DOs and DON'Ts for all visitors and contributors to WikiPathways. The policies cover issues of copyright, conduct and contributions. Your observance of these policies will promote a healthy, effective and law-abiding community here at WikiPathways.

Policy on Content

Policy on Editing

  • Perfection is not required. It is OK to submit partial pathways, since the idea behind WikiPathways is to encourage community editing. However, always try to make any WikiPathways submission as complete as possible with annotations and literature references.
  • No vandalism. Vandalism includes any edits made to deliberately compromise content.
  • No personal attacks of any kind.
  • Deleting pathways can be done by WikiPathways administrators, or by an individual author if the author is the only author on the pathway. If you know of a pathway you think should be deleted, contact the administrators and state your reasons for deletion.
  • WikiPathways does not allow spam or advertisements. Content of this nature will be deleted promptly.
  • WikiPathways enforces no firm editing rules. A set of editing guidelines are available as suggestions.

Policy on Conduct

  • WikiPathways code of conduct: if there is a disagreement over a certain change, communicate respectfully with your peers using the discussion pages. Let facts (supported by references) guide the discussion rather than subjective opinions.
  • WikiPathways administrators reserve the right to indefinitely block users who:
    • vandalize the site with content or behavior that is deemed unconstructive
    • appear to be an unauthorized bot or non-human entity
    • do not provide sufficient account information to identify themselves (e.g., email or real name)

Guidelines for Contributors

Return to Help Contents

Continue to User Accounts

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