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== Statement of intention ==
The TS Wiki is an open-source, collaborative encyclopedia of knowledge about Theosophy, the Theosophical movement, and closely related subjects. It is intended to be an aid to scholarship, and not to espouse any particular philosophical, religious, social, psychological, historical, or political viewpoint. Editors of wiki articles are expected to maintain a neutral and scholarly tone in their writing. Articles should be based on clearly identified primary and secondary sources.
== Viewpoints ==
The views and opinions expressed therein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect official policies or positions of the site host, the Theosophical Society in America. Contributors accept responsibility for ensuring that they use appropriately licensed content in WikiEducator. Should you notice any copyright infringements, the OER Foundation will remove the offending material.
Since the content has not necessarily been subjected to an editorial process,  the administrators would greatly appreciate being notified if questionable material appears in the wiki.
We do expect patrons to respect the academic freedom and viewpoints of other patrons,,,,,,,,
== Licensing and intellectual property rights ==
== Licensing and intellectual property rights ==


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Material submitted to the TS Wiki falls under '''Creative Commons''' Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licensing. See the [http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons website] or the Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_license Creative Commons license] article for more information. If you re-use material from this site, please identify the source clearly.
Material submitted to the TS Wiki falls under '''Creative Commons''' Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licensing. See the [http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons website] or the Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_license Creative Commons license] article for more information. If you re-use material from this site, please identify the source clearly.


All written material, images, and other media used on this site are believed to be free of copyright restrictions, or fall within the doctrine of "fair use". If you are a copyright holder of an image or other material that appears on this site in violation of copyright, then please contact the [Help:Administrators administrators], who will quickly remove it.
All written material, images, and other media used on this site are believed to be free of copyright restrictions, or fall within the doctrine of "fair use". If you are a copyright holder of an image or other material that appears on this site in violation of copyright, then please contact the [[Help:Administrators|administrators]], who will quickly remove it.


We have asked that editors apply '''copyright © ''' and '''registered trade mark ®''' symbols where appropriate, but you should not infer from the absence of such indication that a particular name or symbol is free from brand rights.
We have asked that editors apply '''copyright © ''' and '''registered trade mark ®''' symbols where appropriate, but you should not infer from the absence of such indication that a particular name or symbol is free from brand rights. Reference to any specific commercial product by trademark does not imply any endorsement or recommendation.


== Site availability==
== Site availability==

Revision as of 15:20, 22 June 2012

Statement of intention

The TS Wiki is an open-source, collaborative encyclopedia of knowledge about Theosophy, the Theosophical movement, and closely related subjects. It is intended to be an aid to scholarship, and not to espouse any particular philosophical, religious, social, psychological, historical, or political viewpoint. Editors of wiki articles are expected to maintain a neutral and scholarly tone in their writing. Articles should be based on clearly identified primary and secondary sources.

Viewpoints

The views and opinions expressed therein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect official policies or positions of the site host, the Theosophical Society in America. Contributors accept responsibility for ensuring that they use appropriately licensed content in WikiEducator. Should you notice any copyright infringements, the OER Foundation will remove the offending material.

Since the content has not necessarily been subjected to an editorial process, the administrators would greatly appreciate being notified if questionable material appears in the wiki. We do expect patrons to respect the academic freedom and viewpoints of other patrons,,,,,,,,


Licensing and intellectual property rights

Text, images, and other material used in TS Wiki is created by the editors, or copied from a public domain or similar free resource.

Material submitted to the TS Wiki falls under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licensing. See the Creative Commons website or the Wikipedia Creative Commons license article for more information. If you re-use material from this site, please identify the source clearly.

All written material, images, and other media used on this site are believed to be free of copyright restrictions, or fall within the doctrine of "fair use". If you are a copyright holder of an image or other material that appears on this site in violation of copyright, then please contact the administrators, who will quickly remove it.

We have asked that editors apply copyright © and registered trade mark ® symbols where appropriate, but you should not infer from the absence of such indication that a particular name or symbol is free from brand rights. Reference to any specific commercial product by trademark does not imply any endorsement or recommendation.

Site availability

No guarantees are made concerning site availability, although the site host, Theosophical Society in America, will make every effort to ensure high availability.

Use of materials

You are responsible for any use you make of the wiki contents, subject to the laws of karma!