WHTwiki:Policies
Some of the WHTwiki policies are outlined on this page, while policies for specific areas, e.g., writing and editing, are on pages linked to from this page. To discuss any of our policies, see How to contact us below.
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Interaction
"Be polite" is the first rule on the WebHostingTalk Forum Guidelines page, and this rule applies here too. If you disagree with another member, discuss the topic, not the member, on the talk page for the article in question. If you have facts to share, back them up, and if you're discussing opinions, respect different points of view.
Wikiquette has more information about being polite in a wiki setting.
Content policies
See these pages for content guidelines and policies:
If you offer products or services for the web hosting industry, or are affiliated with them in any way, please keep these points in mind:
- The spirit of WHTwiki is to participate for the benefit of the community without promoting one's services.
- We allow members to refer to or discuss their services in the wiki more than in the forum. Please limit mentioning services to where mentioning them is appropriate and won't be seen as self-promotion:
- Company profiles (and within the company profile guidelines)
- Pages that list products or services, such as Hosting control panels
- The page for the specific product or service
Accounts
We allow one account per member and one member per account. Your WHT account is one account, whether you use it for the WHT forum, this wiki, or both. If you aren't a WHT member yet, you can register here.
Privacy policy
We will not release any member information unless under court order to do so. A more detailed version of our privacy policy is on our WebHostingTalk Privacy Policy page.
Terms of Use
WHT's Terms of Use are on our WebHostingTalk Terms of Use page.
Our response to policy violations
When feasible, we contact members about problems. Depending on the situation, we ask the member to fix the problem, or we fix it ourselves. If members repeatedly cause problems in the wiki, or if the problems are severe (e.g., spam or vandalism), we may block those members from wiki participation. Our goal is to work with members and to block them only as a last resort.
If an edit war erupts over a page or its discussion becomes too heated, we may lock the page for a few days. Doing so provides a cooling-off period for everyone and gives us time to make any necessary changes to the page.
How to contact us
We invite you to discuss WHTwiki with us:
- In the Other WHT Announcements, Feedback, and Questions forum for discussions about general or specific wiki situations or concerns
- On the WHT helpdesk for member-specific concerns or to report a problem
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