MU Wiki:Terms & Conditions of Use

The following are brief guidelines for Using MU Wikipedia to which all registered users will have to abide by & these along with the other policy documents (Copyrights, Disclaimers Privacy Policy, About) will be considered legally & binding upon them. All users of this medium will have to adhere to this, failing which appropriate action will be taken. The contents of this document are in addition to the other policy documents.

1. The MU Wiki medium is strictly to be used as an "EDUCATIONAL TOOL". Any usage apart from this will be deemed an outright violation of the Fundamental Principles upon which it is based. It is intended to be a collaborative tool for all the departments in the campus & WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR EXCLUSIVE USE WITHIN THE MUMBAI UNIVERSITY NETWORK. IT WILL NOT BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ON THE INTERNET.

2. Articles posted on Mu Wiki are solely the viewpoints of those who submit. THEY DO NOT ENDORSE ANY OFFICIAL VIEW, & AS SUCH THEY ARE NOT OFFICALLY/LEGALLY BINDING ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI. THIS MEDIUM IS BY NO MEASURE AN OFFICIAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI & SHOULD NOT BE MADE ONE.

3. Users must post content with a neutral attitude. There should be Zero Bias in the articles. This is also termed as Neutral Point of View of NPOV. If any article(s) are found to be biased in any way, they should be reported to the administrator.

4. The medium allows for posting of not only text, but also, sounds, video clips & pictures. Hence please strive to maintain the decorum. Any objectionable content found posted anywhere will be taken down immediately as & when the administrators are notified.

5. Please do remember that all logins are logged. The ip's are stored & the edits are also logged by the server. Hence it is of utmost importance to protect your MU Wiki login id from identity theft. Never reveal it to anyone & use memorize able but complex passwords at the time of creation of the new account.

6. Please follow the guidelines posted on the help page for creating & editing pages. They are sufficient resources for generating content on MU Wiki. If however you feel they are inadequate in any way, please let the administrators know about it so that they can be improved upon.

7. Please note that any act of depiction or posting of objectionable content such as pornography, child abuse, racism, abusive language, violence, vandalism, hatred, sedition & any act that may be deemed damaging to the reputation/image of the University of Mumbai '''WILL BE DEALT WITH THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE MEASURES AVAILABLE AS PER LAW. SUCH OFFENSES SHALL BE TREATED AS CYBER CRIMES & PUNISHABLE AS PER THE PROVISIONS IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT 2008.'''

8. Posting of Copyrighted content without permission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Please ensure that you are submitting "original work" that belongs to you or your project group. You can site such content by pointing to the appropriate urls that point out of the university network.

9. The copyrights of the content published on MU_Wiki belong to the person submitting it. MU WIKI FOUNDATION (UCC)CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR VALIDITY OF THE CONTENT AS WELL AS FOR THE CONTENT ITSELF IF ANY DISPUTE ARISES DUE TO COPYRIGHT VIOLATION. MU Wiki Foundation (UCC) will strive to clear & take down all such questionable content, if they are not resolved amicably between the parties involved in a specified time frame. OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT (as covered in point no. 7 above) will be taken down immediately when noticed or reported, without issuing any notice, in such cases MU Wiki foundation's responsibility is limited to taking content off the server & notifying the appropriate authorities concerned for action against the perpetrators. 10. Unless there is a very strong reason which validates removal, all content posted will remain posted on the MU Wiki server. Content can be edited but removing it is not allowed. If you are unsure of the articles content, please use the sandbox before trying out on the live system.

11. Please note that all content posted on MU Wiki will be available to everyone in the University of Mumbai domain. Hence if you are not sure whether the article deserves to be available to everyone, please refrain from posting it. This is not the place for submitting a thesis, or publishing an unpublished research paper.

12. Users must be cautioned that the articles that are posted will be subject to scrutiny by various administrators of the various departments as well as by their peers. Hence being subjective & neutral will always ensure that there will be minimal edits to it.

13. UCC is the founding body of MU Wiki which provides for the infrastructure, upkeep & continuous availability of the system. It has raised a foundation to be known as the Mu Wiki Foundation. It will have very limited role in the creation/editing of content on a daily basis. However, depending upon circumstances, it has the power to exercise its discretionary power of removing objectionable or disputed content in the better interest of preserving & protecting the MU Wiki system integrity without any prejudices what so ever. In such cases, the decision of UCC / MU Wiki Foundation will be final & binding on one & all.

14. Registration via email for users is necessary so as to have complete accountability for article submission as well as editing. This has been done in order to protect content from frequent vandalism. However, registrations are not required for content viewing.

15. Certain documents which become established over a period of time will be chosen for the distinguished article series. Such articles will be locked from editing.

16. Users need to contact UCC in case they lose/forget their login password.