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'''Halopedia''' is neither owned by nor affiliated with [[Microsoft]] or the creators of the ''Halo'' franchise in any way. | '''Halopedia''' is neither owned by nor affiliated with [[Microsoft]] or the creators of the ''Halo'' franchise in any way. | ||
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That is not to say that you will not find valuable and accurate information on Halopedia; much of the time, you will. However, '''Halopedia cannot guarantee the validity of the information found here.''' The content of any given article may have recently been changed, vandalized, or altered by someone whose opinion does not correspond with the state of knowledge in the relevant area. Note that most other encyclopedias and reference works also have [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Non-Wikipedia disclaimers|similar disclaimers]]. | That is not to say that you will not find valuable and accurate information on Halopedia; much of the time, you will. However, '''Halopedia cannot guarantee the validity of the information found here.''' The content of any given article may have recently been changed, vandalized, or altered by someone whose opinion does not correspond with the state of knowledge in the relevant area. Note that most other encyclopedias and reference works also have [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Non-Wikipedia disclaimers|similar disclaimers]]. | ||
== Halopedia contains copyrighted | == Halopedia contains copyrighted material == | ||
{{Main|Halopedia:Copyrights}} | {{Main|Halopedia:Copyrights}} | ||
Materials used by Halopedia are copyrighted by Microsoft Corporation, 343 Industries, and third parties that have a direct relationship with the ''Halo'' franchise. Halopedia asserts that its use of any copyrighted material constitutes as [[wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]] under United States copyright law. | Materials used by Halopedia are copyrighted by Microsoft Corporation, 343 Industries, and third parties that have a direct relationship with the ''Halo'' franchise. Halopedia asserts that its use of any copyrighted material constitutes as [[wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]] under United States copyright law. The text of Halopedia is licensed under the [[wikipedia:Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported] license. | ||
The text of Halopedia is licensed under the Creative Commons | |||
By editing the wiki, you agree to license any text you add under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. This text may be redistributed or adapted by the general public for any use as long as it is released under a similar license and the contributing authors are attributed. Our authors must agree to be credited through either a list of contributors or a link back to the original article, keeping in mind that the wiki logs all contributions. | By editing the wiki, you agree to license any text you add under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. This text may be redistributed or adapted by the general public for any use as long as it is released under a similar license and the contributing authors are attributed. Our authors must agree to be credited through either a list of contributors or a link back to the original article, keeping in mind that the wiki logs all contributions. | ||
== Halopedia is not private == | == Halopedia is not private == | ||
{{Main|Halopedia:Privacy policy}} | {{Main|porple:privacy|l1=Halopedia:Privacy policy}} | ||
All information found on Halopedia is public, including anything you add to an article or on a user page about yourself. In essence, you are '''publishing''' all information that you add when posting to the site. | All information found on Halopedia is public, including anything you add to an article or on a user page about yourself. In essence, you are '''publishing''' all information that you add when posting to the site. | ||
Halopedia '''does not''' require the collection of personal information from its users. Providing Halopedia with your real name and/or | Halopedia '''does not''' require the collection of personal information from its users. Providing Halopedia with your real name and/or email address is '''optional'''. Your IP address will be made public only if you edit without [[Halopedia:Why create an account?|logging in]] for the sake of attributing those edits. Create an account or do not edit if you do not want your IP address to be made public. If you post personally-identifiable information (e.g. name, location, birthday) and you wish to have it removed, Halopedia will work with you to remove it. | ||
== Halopedia contains spoilers == | == Halopedia contains spoilers == | ||