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Being a modest-sized community of fans, there is no explicit, official privacy policy for our wiki. If you're curious what such a policy would look like, you can look at the one for [ | Being a modest-sized community of fans, there is no explicit, official privacy policy for our wiki. If you're curious what such a policy would look like, you can look at the one for [[wikimedia:Privacy_policy|Wikipedia]]. The basic ideas outlined there apply here too: | ||
*We collect little data on our users that isn't collected by an ordinary web site. Your IP address <u>is</u> logged for a while after making an edit, but is apparently deleted by the software after some time (you should inquire with the developers of MediaWiki if you want more information on this). | *We collect little data on our users that isn't collected by an ordinary web site. Your IP address <u>is</u> logged for a while after making an edit, but is apparently deleted by the software after some time (you should inquire with the developers of MediaWiki if you want more information on this). | ||
*All edits that you make are permanently associated with your user account, and any other user can view a list of [[Special:MyContributions|your edits]] at any time. | *All edits that you make are permanently associated with your user account, and any other user can view a list of [[Special:MyContributions|your edits]] at any time. | ||
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*Edits that you've made are not removable, in that a wiki retains a history of all changes, even when those changes are reverted. We can delete a page you made, but it can also be undeleted at any time by a [[OniGalore:Administrators|sysop]]. | *Edits that you've made are not removable, in that a wiki retains a history of all changes, even when those changes are reverted. We can delete a page you made, but it can also be undeleted at any time by a [[OniGalore:Administrators|sysop]]. | ||
*Work that you submit here supposedly falls under the GFDL (see [[OniGalore:Copyrights]] for details). | *Work that you submit here supposedly falls under the GFDL (see [[OniGalore:Copyrights]] for details). | ||
*We would have to release any information we collected on you in the unlikely event of "a [[ | *We would have to release any information we collected on you in the unlikely event of "a [[wp:subpoena|subpoena]] or other compulsory request from a law-enforcement agency". | ||