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<span style="font-size: 150%">Termau Defnyddio'n Gwefan</span>
'''''Dychmygwch fyd lle bydd pob person byw yn medru cofleidio a rhannu holl wybodaeth y byd. Dyna yw ein hymrwymiad.''''' – [[
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Creosote Creosote u i Wikimedia! Mae Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. ("ni"), yn fudiad nid-er-elw elusfrfennol, a'i [[:wmf:Mission statement|nod]f5] yw 5ttghjuuu diddordeb pobl ym mhob cwr o'r byd a'u galluogi i gasglu a datblygu f a [[w:nuen:Free content|thrwydded rydd]] arno, neu shed yn y parth cyhoeddus, ac i'w ledaenu yn effeithiol ar draws y byd, a hynny'n ddi-dâl.
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SI gefnogi'n cymuned bywiog, rydym yn darparuk adeiledd a chyfundrefn er mwyn datblygu Prosiectau wici amlieithog (fel y disgrifir [[wmf:Our projects|yma]]) a mentrau erasill i hyrwyddo ein nod. Rydym yn ymdrechu i osod a chadw gwybodaeth a chynnwys addysgiadol o'r Prosiectau ar gael ar y Rhys grey sqq an iu ddim, ac am byth.
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Fe'ch croesawn chi ("chi" neu'r "defnyddiwr") yn ddarllenydd, golygydd, awdur, neu yn gyre an bar i Brosiectau Wikimedia, ac fe'ch hanogwn i ymuno â chymuned Wikimedia. Cyn i chi fwrw iddi, fodd bynnag, fe'ch gwahoddwn i ddarllen y Telerau Defnyddio ("Telerau Defnyddio") canlynol a chytuno iddynt.
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== {{int string|Overview}} ==
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The community
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You, the user, are welcome to join as a contributor, editor, or author, but you should follow the policies that govern each of the independent Project editions, including the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal Code of Conduct|Universal Code of Conduct]] (UCoC), which apply to all Project editions. The largest of our Projects is Wikipedia, but we host other Projects too, each with different objectives and work methods. Each Project edition has a team of contributors, editors or authors who work together to create and manage the content on that Project edition. You are welcome to join these teams and work with them to improve these Projects.
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Please be aware that you are legally responsible for all of your contributions, edits, and
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For clarity, other organizations, such as
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==1. Ein Gwasanaethau==
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The Wikimedia Foundation is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development, and distribution of free multilingual content, and to hosting the full content of these wiki-based Projects for the public free of charge. Our role is to host some of the largest collaboratively edited reference Projects in the world,
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As used throughout the rest of the Terms of Use, our services consist of: [//www.wikimedia.org The Project Websites we host], technological infrastructure that we maintain, and any technical spaces that we host for the maintenance and improvement of our Projects.
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Because of our unique role, there are a couple of things you should be aware of when considering our relationship to you, the Projects, and other users:
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<ol STYLE="list-style-type: lower-alpha"><li><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''We do not take an editorial role:''' Because the
<li><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''You are responsible for your own actions:''' You are legally responsible for your edits and contributions on
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We ask that you review the
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== 3. Content We Host ==
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<OL STYLE="list-style-type: lower-alpha"><li><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''You may find some material objectionable or erroneous:''' Because we
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== 4. Refraining from Certain Activities ==
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The Projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation only exist because of the vibrant community of users like you who collaborate
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Certain activities, whether legal or illegal under the applicable law, may be harmful to other users and violate our rules, and some activities may also subject you to liability. Therefore, for your own protection and for that of other users, you may not engage in such activities on, or otherwise using, our
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: '''Harassing and Abusing Others'''
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::* Engaging in
::* Transmitting chain mail, junk mail, or spam to other users
::* Posting or modifying content with the intention to seriously harm others, such as deliberate inducements to self-harm, or deliberate triggering of epilepsy.
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: '''Violating the Privacy of Others'''
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::* Infringing the privacy rights of others under the laws of the United States of America or other applicable laws (which may include the laws where you live or where you view or edit content);
::* Soliciting personally identifiable information for the purposes of harassment, exploitation, or violation of privacy, or for any promotional or commercial purpose not explicitly approved by the Wikimedia Foundation; and
::* Soliciting personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18 years, or under the age of majority where you are if higher than 18 years, for an illegal purpose or violating any applicable law regarding the health or well-being of minors.
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: '''Engaging in False Statements, Impersonation, or Fraud'''
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::* Intentionally or knowingly posting content that constitutes libel or defamation under the laws of the United States of America;
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::* Attempting to impersonate another user or individual, misrepresenting your affiliation with any individual or entity, hiding your affiliation with any individual or entity when disclosure is required by these terms or local Project policy, or using the name or username of another
::* Engaging in fraud.
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: '''Committing Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights'''
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::* Infringing copyrights, trademarks, patents, or other proprietary rights under the applicable law.
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: '''Misusing Our Services for Other Illegal Purposes'''
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::* Posting child pornography or any other content that violates applicable law concerning child pornography or child sexual abuse material, or encouraging, grooming, or advocating for others to create or share such material;
::* Posting or trafficking in obscene material that is unlawful under applicable law; and
::* Using the services in a manner that is inconsistent with applicable law.
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: '''Engaging in Disruptive and Illegal Misuse of Facilities'''
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::* Posting or distributing content that contains any viruses, malware, worms, Trojan horses, malicious code, or other device that could harm our technical infrastructure or system or that of
::* Engaging in automated uses of the
::* Disrupting the services by placing an undue burden on
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::* Disrupting the services by inundating any of the Project Websites with communications or other traffic that suggests no serious intent to use the Project website for its stated purpose;
::* Knowingly accessing, tampering with, or using any of our non-public areas in our computer systems without authorization; and
::* Probing, scanning, or testing the vulnerability of any of our technical systems or networks unless all the following conditions are met:
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:::* such actions do not unduly abuse or disrupt our technical systems or networks;
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:::* such actions are not for personal gain (except for credit for your work);
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:::* you report any vulnerabilities to
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:::* you do not undertake such actions with malicious or destructive intent.
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: '''Paid
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:::* a statement on your user page,
:::* a statement on the talk page accompanying any paid contributions, or
:::* a statement in the edit summary accompanying any paid contributions.
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::* In addition, if you make a public posting off the Projects advertising editing services on Wikipedia in exchange for compensation of any kind, you must disclose all Wikipedia accounts you have used or will use for this service in the public posting on the third-party service.
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::* Applicable law, or Project-specific policies and Foundation policies and guidelines, such as those addressing conflicts of interest, may further limit paid contributions or require more detailed disclosure. For example, infringing Wikimedia Trademarks (defined hereinafter at Section 6) to advertise paid editing services, removing disclosures on previously adequately disclosed paid edits, or logged-out paid editing in a manner that makes adequate disclosure a practical impossibility violate this section.
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::* A Wikimedia Project community may adopt an alternative paid contribution disclosure policy which may supplement or replace this section. If a Project adopts an alternative disclosure policy, you may comply with that policy instead of the requirements in this section (titled "Paid Contributions Without Disclosure") when contributing to that particular Project.
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:: For more information, please read our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use/Frequently asked questions on paid contributions without disclosure|FAQ on disclosure of paid contributions]].
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We reserve the right to exercise our enforcement discretion with respect to the provisions in section 4 of these Terms of Use. Where required, enforcement of these terms may include actions not listed in the Wikimedia Foundation [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Office actions|Office Action Policy]]. If enforcement is required in new circumstances, we will make an effort within at most one (1) year to update the Office Action Policy to catalog the new type of action.
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'''Marketing Company Mediations'''
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Undisclosed editing by users receiving compensation creates an unreasonable burden on volunteer editors [[{{lwp|Wikipedia:Conflict of interest}}|who investigate and enforce community policies]]. Therefore, for violations of this section related to undisclosed paid editing, you agree to submit to binding "Med-Arb" (a "Marketing Company Mediation") as described in section 14 of these Terms of Use.
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== 5. Password Security ==
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You are responsible for safeguarding your own password and other security credentials, and should never disclose
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== 6. Trademarks ==
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Although you have considerable freedoms for
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== 7. Licensing of Content ==
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To grow the commons of free knowledge and free culture, all users contributing to the Projects or Project Websites are required to grant broad permissions to the general public to
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'''Text to which you hold the copyright:''' When you submit text to which you hold the copyright, you agree to license it under:
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* [//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.{{PAGELANGUAGE}} Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License] ("CC BY-SA 4.0"), and
* [//www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License] ("GFDL") (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).
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Reusers may comply with either license or both.
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The only exception is if the Project edition or feature requires a different license. In that case, you agree to license any text you contribute under the particular license prescribed by the Project edition or the feature.
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Please note that these licenses do allow commercial uses of your contributions, as long as such uses are compliant with the terms of the respective licenses. Where you own Sui Generis Database Rights covered by CC BY-SA 4.0, you waive these rights. As an example, this means facts you contribute to the projects may be reused freely without attribution.
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<li><span id="7b"></span><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Attribution:''' Attribution is an important part of these licenses. We consider it giving credit where credit is due – to authors like yourself. When you contribute text, you agree to be attributed in any of the following fashions:</span>
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<li><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Through hyperlink (where possible) or URL to the article to which you contributed (since each article has a history page that lists all contributors, authors and editors);</span></li>
<li><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Through hyperlink (where possible) or URL to an alternative, stable online copy that is freely accessible, which conforms with the relevant license, and which provides credit to the authors in a manner equivalent to the credit given on the Project
<li><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Through a list of all authors (but please note that any list of authors may be filtered to exclude very small or irrelevant contributions).</span></li>
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<li><span id="7c"></span><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Importing text:''' You may import text that you have found elsewhere or that you have co-authored with others, but in such case you represent and warrant that the text is available under terms that are compatible with
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You agree that, if you import text under a CC
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<li><span id="7d"></span><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Non-text media:''' Non-text media on the Projects are available under a variety of different licenses that support the general goal of allowing unrestricted
<li><span id="7e"></span><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''No revocation of license:''' Except as consistent with your license, you agree that you will not unilaterally revoke or seek invalidation of any license that you have granted under these Terms of Use for text content or non-text media contributed to the
<li><span id="7f"></span><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Public domain content:''' Content that is in the public domain is welcome
<li><span id="7g"></span><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Re-use:'''
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When you
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<li><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Through hyperlink (where possible) or URL to the page or pages that you are
<li><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Through hyperlink (where possible) or URL to an alternative, stable online copy that is freely accessible, which conforms with the license, and which provides credit to the authors in a manner equivalent to the credit given on the Project
<li><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Through a list of all authors (but please note that any list of authors may be filtered to exclude very small or irrelevant contributions).</span></li>
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If the text content was imported from another source, it is possible that the content is licensed under a compatible CC BY-SA license but not GFDL (as described in
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In addition, please be aware that text that originated from external sources and was imported into a Project may be under a license that attaches additional attribution requirements. Users agree to indicate these additional attribution requirements clearly. Depending on the Project, such requirements may appear, for example, in a banner or other notations pointing out that some or all of the content was originally published elsewhere. Where there are such visible notations,
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For any non-text media, you agree to comply with
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<li><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Modifications or additions to material that you
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">When modifying or making additions to any non-text media that you have obtained from a Project website, you agree to license the modified or added content in accordance with whatever license under which the work has been made available.</span><br
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">With both text content and non-text media, you agree to clearly indicate that the original work has been modified. If you are
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== 8. DMCA Compliance ==
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The Wikimedia Foundation wants to ensure that the content that we host can be
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However, we also recognize that not every takedown notice is valid or in good faith. In such cases, we strongly encourage users to file counter-notifications when they appropriately believe a DMCA takedown demand is invalid or improper. For more information on what to do if you think a DMCA notice has been improperly filed, you may wish to consult the [
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If you are the owner of content that is being improperly used on one of the Projects without your permission, you may request that the content be removed by filing a notice under the DMCA. To make such a request, please email us at
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Alternatively, you may make a request to our community, which often handles copyright issues faster and more effectively than the process prescribed under the DMCA. In that case, you can post a notice explaining your copyright concerns. For a non-exhaustive and non-authoritative list of the relevant processes for the different Project editions,
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== 9. Third-party Websites and Resources ==
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You are solely responsible for your use of any third-party websites or resources. Although the Projects and Project Websites contain links to third-party websites and resources, we do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for their availability, accuracy, or the related content, products, or services (including, without limitation, any viruses or other disabling features), nor do we have any obligation to monitor such third-party content.
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== 10. Management of Websites ==
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The community has the primary role in creating and enforcing policies applying to the different Project editions. At the Wikimedia Foundation, we rarely intervene in community decisions about policy and its enforcement.
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It is possible to notify us of illegal content, or content that violates our Terms of Use (including all policies and other documents incorporated by reference) for other reasons [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|by contacting us directly]]. However, you can typically make a request directly to the Project's community: this may be more efficient, and is more consistent with our Projects' aim to empower the user community.
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Each Project will usually provide "Help" or "Contact" pages for further guidance, or specific tools for reporting issues. Alternatively – if in doubt – you can ask members of the community for help, by sending an email to {{email|info|wikimedia.org}} or a more language-specific address from the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Volunteer Response Team|Volunteer Response Team page]]. Please note that these mailboxes are monitored by users of the Projects, not the Foundation. As a result, they should not be threatened or issued with legal demands.
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If you contact the Foundation with a problem, we will typically explore whether and how existing community-led mechanisms can investigate and, where appropriate, resolve it.
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In an unusual case, the need may arise, or the community may ask us, to address an especially problematic user or especially problematic content because of significant Project disturbance or dangerous behavior. In such cases, we reserve the right, at our sole discretion (or where legally compelled), to:
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* Investigate your use of the Projects or our services (a) to determine whether a violation of these Terms of Use, Project edition policy, or other applicable law or policy has occurred, or (b) to comply with any applicable law, legal process, or an appropriate governmental request;
* Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, false or unverifiable information, security, or technical issues or respond to user support requests;
* Refuse, revert, disable, or restrict access to contributions of any user who violates these Terms of Use;
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* Ban a user from editing or contributing or block a user's account or access for actions violating these Terms of Use, including repeat posting of unlawful material under applicable law in line with human rights principles;
* Take legal action against users who violate these Terms of Use (including reports to law enforcement authorities); and
* Manage otherwise the Project websites in a manner designed to facilitate their proper functioning and protect the rights, property, and safety of ourselves and our users, licensors, partners, and the public.
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Those Foundation moderation activities may be informed or performed by software (such as traffic flood ("Denial of Service") protection). In those cases human review is normally available, [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|upon request]].
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In the interests of our users and the Projects, in the extreme circumstance that any individual has had their account or access blocked under this section, they are prohibited from creating or using another account on or seeking access to the same Project, unless we provide explicit permission. Without limiting the authority of the community, the Foundation itself will not ban a user from editing or contributing or block a user's account or access solely because of good faith criticism that does not result in actions otherwise violating these Terms of Use or community policies.
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Especially problematic users who have had accounts or access blocked on multiple Project editions may be subject to a ban from all of the Project editions, in accordance with the [[
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The blocking of an account or access or the banning of a user under this provision shall be in accordance with Section
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If you believe we have not satisfactorily acted on a problematic content report, or if you have been subjected to a Foundation moderation action that you wish to challenge, you may be able to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Office actions#appeals|submit an appeal]]. Other information about routes of appeal may also be explained to you at the time, or in Project-specific help pages.
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We reserve the right to suspend (temporarily, or permanently) our handling of reports or other correspondence from users or third parties, whether about allegedly illegal or otherwise problematic content or conduct, or requesting appeals against moderation actions, if such correspondence was made in bad faith, repetitive, unfounded, and/or abusive. In appropriate circumstances, your email address may even be blocked on our email system(s), and you will then need to contact us [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|at our postal address]] if you wish to further correspond with us during that block. For less serious cases (e.g. up to three polite emails about one or more meritless complaints), this is likely to be temporary. More frequent or more abusive communications are more likely to lead to permanent measures.
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== 11. Resolutions and Project Policies ==
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The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolutions|releases official policies]] from time to time. Some of these policies may be mandatory for a particular Project or Project edition, and, when they are, you agree to abide by them as applicable.
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== 12.
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We make available a set of APIs, which include documentation and associated tools, to enable users to build products that promote free knowledge. By using our APIs, you agree to abide by all applicable policies governing the use of the APIs, which include but are not limited to the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/User-Agent policy|User-Agent Policy]], the [[wikitech:Robot policy|Robot Policy]], and the [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/API:Etiquette|API:Etiquette]] (collectively, "API Documentation"), which are incorporated into these Terms of Use by reference.
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== 13.
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Though we hope you will stay and continue to contribute to the Projects, you can stop using our services any time. In certain (hopefully unlikely) circumstances it may be necessary for either ourselves or the Wikimedia community or its members (as described in Section 10) to terminate part or all of our services, terminate these Terms of Use, block your account or access, or ban you as a user. If your account or access is blocked or otherwise terminated for any reason, your public contributions and a record of your activities on or in relation to the Projects (including any correspondence you have sent us) will be unaffected (subject to applicable policies), and you may still access our public pages for the sole purpose of reading publicly available content on the Projects. In such circumstances, however, you may not be able to access your account or settings. However, regardless of any other provision in these Terms of Use, we reserve the right to suspend or end the services at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice. Even after your use and participation are banned, blocked or otherwise suspended, these Terms of Use will remain in effect with respect to relevant provisions, including Sections 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9-16, and 18.
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To ensure that disputes are dealt with soon after they arise, you agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action you might have arising out of or related to use of our services or these Terms of Use must be filed within the applicable statute of limitations or, if earlier, one (1) year after the pertinent facts underlying such claim or cause of action could have been discovered with reasonable diligence (or be forever barred).
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As described in section 4 of these Terms of Use, you agree to resolve violations of the Paid Contributions without Disclosure in a Marketing Company Mediation at the Foundation's discretion. Marketing Company Mediations are '''binding''' mediations where, at the end of either a half or full day session, any disputed items that remain unresolved will be decided by the mediator in a legally binding decision. They will be conducted in meetings by teleconference or videoconference. If an in-person meeting is required, then the Marketing Company Mediation will take place in San Francisco County, California. The parties will split all fees and expenses related to the mediation/arbitration equally.
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You agree, as part of a Marketing Company Mediation, to cooperate with the Foundation, including by timely providing any documentation in your possession relating to your undisclosed paid editing activities including the accounts used, articles affected, and clients who purchased such services.
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Marketing Company Mediations are subject to and governed by the Federal Arbitration Act to the extent that the mediator becomes an arbitrator. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its attorneys' fees (including all fees necessary to determine the applicability of the Marketing Company Mediation and to enforce the binding result) and all costs relating to the investigation and enforcement of its rights. A party may be deemed "prevailing" even if it is not successful on every claim asserted.
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If for some reason the entirety of these Marketing Company Mediation requirements are found to be unenforceable, you agree to resolve any disputes as described in the beginning of this section.
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Some states or jurisdictions do not allow the types of disclaimers in this section, so they may not apply to you either in part or in full depending on the law.
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The Wikimedia Foundation will not be liable to you or to any other party for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data, or other intangible losses, regardless of whether we were advised of the possibility of such damage. In no event shall our liability exceed one thousand U.S. dollars (
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Because it may be necessary to modify these Terms of Use from time to time, we will provide notice of such modifications and the opportunity to comment via the Project websites, and via a notification on [[mail:wikimediaannounce-l|WikimediaAnnounce-l]]. However, we ask that you please periodically review the most up-to-date version of these Terms of Use
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These Terms of Use do not create an employment, agency, partnership, joint control or joint venture relationship between you and us, the Wikimedia Foundation. For the purposes of European Economic Area law, United Kingdom law, or other laws that involve a similar concept, you are not acting "under the authority of" the Foundation when you use the services. If you have not signed a separate agreement with us, these Terms of Use are the entire agreement between you and us. If there is any conflict between these Terms of Use and a signed written agreement between you and us, the signed agreement will control.
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You agree that we may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms of Use, by email, regular mail, or postings on the Projects or Project
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You understand that, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by us, you have no expectation of compensation for any activity, contribution, or idea that you provide to us, the community, or the
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* '''<span class='plainlinks'><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[{{fullurl:Policy:Terms_of_Use|oldid=82013}} Terms of Use (2012–2014)]: effective from May 24, 2012, until June 16, 2014</span></span>'''
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