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Please note this is still a draft of a proposed terms of use on Wikipedia. Changes and discussion of this text are greatly appreciated. While this is an attempt to codify what is generally accepted and acceptable not everything here is resolved policy. See Wikipedia:Submission Standards (a) for a stripped down version of this text that is not controversial.
Before you submit any material to Wikipedia or use its content we ask that you consider the following. If you cannot agree with these Standards and Terms of Use we ask you not to submit your materials.
Summary
This page gives you the basic terms and conditions upon which you can and should submit your original (or otherwise authorized) material to Wikipedia. It should be read in combination with Wikipedia:terms of use and Wikipedia:Copyrights and disclaimers. If you make a submission you are agreeing that:
- You will make only lawful contributions.
- Your content should be informative instead of promotional
- Your contributions can be edited mercilessly.
- Your contributions can be redistributed under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).
- Provided certain conditions are met, if someone uses your contributions on another site without complying with the GFDL, you authorise Wikimedia to take steps to make sure that such third parties comply.
- You must be able to give your consent to making a contribution so that others can later use it.
The following text describes the terms of this contract in detail. Please take the time to read it and enjoy contributing to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. We all hope you will stay a while and make many contributions here: