Theosophy Wiki:Privacy policy - Revision history

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-'''Theosophy Wiki''' arose from an idea that Pablo Sender expressed to Janet Kerschner in the [[Henry S. Olcott Memorial Library]] in May 2009. Both were employed in the headquarters of the [[Theosophical Society in America]] - Pablo in the library and Janet in the archives. They saw potential for a collaborative encyclopedia to be highly useful as a reference and research tool, and as a repository for historical information. [[Wiki software|"Wiki"]] software was selected to facilitate cooperation among editors working on encyclopedic content worldwide. [[The Kern Foundation]] supported development efforts and hardware expenses. Mediawiki software, widely known as the platform for Wikipedia, was installed in 2011, and the infrastructure was established.
+'Theosophy Wiki is committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of its users and editors.
-The '''blue lotus''' in our logo is a symbol of knowledge.
+== Visitors to the wiki ==
-Early in 2012, the team realized that the wiki could serve as a tool for study of the [[Mahatma letters|Mahatma Letters]]. The TSA Archives had a set of about 1300 color slides that had been purchased by [[George Linton]] from the British Library in 1984. The slides had been scanned as a preservation measure, and the images turned out to be stunningly realistic. Viewing them brings a sense of immediacy, a connection to the writers and their time that is inspiring. The wiki format provided an excellent opportunity to make these high-quality images of the letters available for study by people who might never be able to view the originals in London. After consultation with Vic Hao Chin, Jr., editor of the ''The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett Chronological Edition'', and other scholars who were visiting the Olcott campus, a three-column format was selected to show the images of the letters with transcriptions to the left and notes to the right. Physical description, publication history, context, and commentary sections were added, along with intra-wiki and external links to more information. Letters missing from the original set of slides have almost all been replaced with black-and-white images taken from microfilm through laborious work by Jon Knebel, who also provided the [[Cosmological Notes]] and the [[Maha Chohan Letter]]. Ernest Pelletier has also graciously provided images from the collection of color slides belonging to the TS in Edmonton, Canada.
+Theosophy Wiki will set a temporary session cookie whenever you visit the site, but that cookie will be deleted when you close your browser session. Other users and adminstrators will not be able to see which pages you visited.
-On July 22, 2012, the Theosophy Wiki was demonstrated to the membership of the Theosophical Society in America at the 126th Summer National Convention.
+== Editors ==
-Originally this resource was named the '''TS Wiki''', but when the opportunity came in the summer of 2014 to use a '''.wiki''' extension on the World Wide Web, the more descriptive name '''Theosophy Wiki''' was adopted. TS Wiki references redirect to www.theosophy.wiki pages.
+Authors and editors of articles cannot be anonymous in Theosophy Wiki under its policy of openness and transparency. You give up a measure of privacy when you take on the responsibility of becoming a Theosophy Wiki editor. '''Editing is a public activity, and submissions by editors are voluntary.'''
-In December 2015, the wiki was expanded to add Spanish, French, and Russian platforms. In May 2017, Italian was added.
+Changes to articles are tracked automatically by the Mediawiki software, with the editor's user ID and a timestamp listed in the History for the article. History can be viewed by anyone, using the “View history” tab at the top of the article. To avoid a messy edit history, we recommend use of the "Show preview" feature and an individual  [[Help:Sandboxes|sandbox]].
- '''SEE ALSO [http://theosophy.wiki/en/Theosophy_Wiki:Community_portal#Plans_and_announcements Plans and announcements] in the Community portal'''.
+A "persistent" cookie is set when you first log in, to store your user name so that it will be remembered for your next visit, saving you keystrokes. These cookies last up to 30 days, but can be cleared easily.

SysopJ: Removed redirect to Theosophy Wiki:Privacy policy

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	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[Theosophy Wiki:~~Privacy policy]~~]		'''Theosophy Wiki''' arose from an idea that Pablo Sender expressed to Janet Kerschner in the [[Henry S. Olcott Memorial Library]] in May 2009. Both were employed in the headquarters of the [[Theosophical Society in America]] - Pablo in the library and Janet in the archives. They saw potential for a collaborative encyclopedia to be highly useful as a reference and research tool, and as a repository for historical information. [[Wiki software\|"Wiki"]] software was selected to facilitate cooperation among editors working on encyclopedic content worldwide. [[The Kern Foundation]] supported development efforts and hardware expenses. Mediawiki software, widely known as the platform for Wikipedia, was installed in 2011, and the infrastructure was established.

			The '''blue lotus''' in our logo is a symbol of knowledge.

			Early in 2012, the team realized that the wiki could serve as a tool for study of the [[Mahatma letters\|Mahatma Letters]]. The TSA Archives had a set of about 1300 color slides that had been purchased by [[George Linton]] from the British Library in 1984. The slides had been scanned as a preservation measure, and the images turned out to be stunningly realistic. Viewing them brings a sense of immediacy, a connection to the writers and their time that is inspiring. The wiki format provided an excellent opportunity to make these high-quality images of the letters available for study by people who might never be able to view the originals in London. After consultation with Vic Hao Chin, Jr., editor of the ''The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett Chronological Edition'', and other scholars who were visiting the Olcott campus, a three-column format was selected to show the images of the letters with transcriptions to the left and notes to the right. Physical description, publication history, context, and commentary sections were added, along with intra-wiki and external links to more information. Letters missing from the original set of slides have almost all been replaced with black-and-white images taken from microfilm through laborious work by Jon Knebel, who also provided the [[Cosmological Notes]] and the [[Maha Chohan Letter]]. Ernest Pelletier has also graciously provided images from the collection of color slides belonging to the TS in Edmonton, Canada.

			On July 22, 2012, the Theosophy Wiki was demonstrated to the membership of the Theosophical Society in America at the 126th Summer National Convention.

			Originally this resource was named the '''TS Wiki''', but when the opportunity came in the summer of 2014 to use a '''.wiki''' extension on the World Wide Web, the more descriptive name '''Theosophy Wiki''' was adopted. TS Wiki references redirect to www.theosophy.wiki pages.

			In December 2015, the wiki was expanded to add Spanish, French, and Russian platforms. In May 2017, Italian was added.

			'''SEE ALSO [http://theosophy.wiki/en/Theosophy_Wiki:Community_portal#Plans_and_announcements Plans and announcements] in the Community portal'''.

Janet Kerschner: Redirected page to Theosophy Wiki:Privacy policy

2014-12-05T21:27:06Z

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	~~TS Wiki is committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of its users and editors.~~		#REDIRECT [[Theosophy Wiki:Privacy policy]]

	~~== Visitors to the wiki ==~~

	TS Wiki will set a temporary session cookie whenever you visit the site, but that cookie will be deleted when you close your browser session. Other users and adminstrators will not be able to see which pages you visited.

	~~== Editors ==~~

	Authors and editors of articles cannot be anonymous in TS Wiki under its policy of openness and transparency. You give up a measure of privacy when you take on the responsibility of becoming a TS Wiki editor. '''Editing is a public activity, and submissions by editors are voluntary.'''

	Changes to articles are tracked automatically by the Mediawiki software, with the editor's user ID and a timestamp listed in the History for the article. History can be viewed by anyone, using the “View history” tab at the top of the article. To avoid a messy edit history, we recommend use of the "Show preview" feature and an individual [[~~Help:Sandboxes\|sandbox]].~~

	A "persistent" cookie is set when you first log in, to store your user name so that it will be remembered for your next visit, saving you keystrokes. These cookies last up to 30 days, but can be cleared easily.

	~~== More about cookies ==~~

	Use of cookies is extremely common in the Internet, because they facilitate navigation and help to customize the user's Web experience. Cookies are small data files that Web sites write to your hard drive. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you visited, but the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. Adding a cookie to your computer does not give TS Wiki ~~access to any part of your computer (except the cookie itself), or to personal information stored in other Websites' cookies.~~

	~~== Clearing cookies ==~~

	~~You can clear cookies by clearing the browser cache. Here is how to do this for several popular browsers~~:

	* '''Internet Explorer''' – click '''Tools''' on Menu Bar; then '''Delete browsing history'''.
	* '''Chrome''' – click '''wrench icon'''; select '''Tools''', then '''Clear browsing data'''.
	* '''Firefox''' – click '''Tools''' on Menu Bar; then '''Clear Recent History'''.
	* '''Safari''' – click '''gear icon'''; then '''Reset Safari'''.
	* '''Opera''' – click on '''“O” tab'''; then '''Settings''', then '''Delete Private Data'''.

	~~== Passwords ==~~

	Editors are encouraged to establish strong, complex passwords. '''Passwords should never be shared.''' It is important to the integrity of the wiki for each editor to be identified individually and to accept responsibility for the editing that is done using his or her user ID and password. If you forget your password, contact one of the [[Help:Administrators\|administrators]].

	~~== E-mail addresses of editors ==~~

	A valid e-mail address is needed for each editor. Occasionally the administrators may need to make an announcement to all editors by e-mail, but addresses will be blind-copied to keep them from being revealed to other editors. E-mail addresses will not be used in any other kind of mailing list or revealed to anyone without permission.

	Other logged-in users may send e-mail to you through the wiki, unless you disable this in your Preferences. Your address will not be revealed to them unless you respond, or possibly if the email bounces.

	~~== Deletion of content ==~~

	Deleting text from Mediawiki articles does not delete it from History. In normal articles, anyone can look at a previous version and see what was there. Only administrators can delete articles, and even then it is possible for people with “sysop” rights to view the deleted articles.

	~~== Use of statistics ==~~

	The administrators may need to study user traffic patterns from time to time, in order to optimize system performance. We do not intend to correlate this information with data about individual users, except in the case of malicious attacks on the system.

SysopJ at 17:54, 31 July 2012

2012-07-31T17:54:15Z

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	== Passwords ==		== Passwords ==

	Editors are encouraged to establish strong passwords. '''Passwords should never be shared.''' It is important to the integrity of the wiki for each editor to be identified individually and to accept responsibility for the editing that is done using ~~their~~ user ID and password. If you forget your password, contact one of the [[Help:Administrators\|administrators]].		Editors are encouraged to establish strong, complex passwords. '''Passwords should never be shared.''' It is important to the integrity of the wiki for each editor to be identified individually and to accept responsibility for the editing that is done using his or her user ID and password. If you forget your password, contact one of the [[Help:Administrators\|administrators]].

	== E-mail addresses of editors ==		== E-mail addresses of editors ==

	A valid e-mail address is needed for each editor. Occasionally the administrators may need to ~~may~~ an announcement to all editors by e-mail, but addresses will be blind-copied to keep them from being revealed to other editors. E-mail addresses will not be used in any other kind of mailing list or revealed to anyone without permission.		A valid e-mail address is needed for each editor. Occasionally the administrators may need to make an announcement to all editors by e-mail, but addresses will be blind-copied to keep them from being revealed to other editors. E-mail addresses will not be used in any other kind of mailing list or revealed to anyone without permission.

	Other logged-in users may send e-mail to you through the wiki, unless you disable this in your Preferences. Your address will not be revealed to them unless you respond, or possibly if the email bounces.		Other logged-in users may send e-mail to you through the wiki, unless you disable this in your Preferences. Your address will not be revealed to them unless you respond, or possibly if the email bounces.

SysopJ at 21:07, 26 June 2012

2012-06-26T21:07:14Z

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	== Editors ==		== Editors ==

	'''Editing is a public activity, and submissions by editors are voluntary.'''		Authors and editors of articles cannot be anonymous in TS Wiki under its policy of openness and transparency. You give up a measure of privacy when you take on the responsibility of becoming a TS Wiki editor. '''Editing is a public activity, and submissions by editors are voluntary.'''

	Authors and editors of articles cannot be anonymous in TS Wiki under its policy of openness and transparency. You give up a measure of privacy when you take on the responsibility of becoming a TS Wiki editor. Changes to articles are tracked automatically by the Mediawiki software, with the editor's user ID and a timestamp listed in the History for the article. History can be viewed by anyone, using the “View history” tab at the top of the article. To avoid a messy edit history, we recommend use of the "Show preview" feature and an individual [[Help:Sandboxes\|sandbox]].		Changes to articles are tracked automatically by the Mediawiki software, with the editor's user ID and a timestamp listed in the History for the article. History can be viewed by anyone, using the “View history” tab at the top of the article. To avoid a messy edit history, we recommend use of the "Show preview" feature and an individual [[Help:Sandboxes\|sandbox]].

	A "persistent" cookie is set when you first log in, to store your user name so that it will be remembered for your next visit, saving you keystrokes. These cookies last up to 30 days, but can be cleared easily.		A "persistent" cookie is set when you first log in, to store your user name so that it will be remembered for your next visit, saving you keystrokes. These cookies last up to 30 days, but can be cleared easily.

SysopJ at 21:02, 26 June 2012

2012-06-26T21:02:28Z

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	~~test~~ privacy policy		TS Wiki is committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of its users and editors.

			== Visitors to the wiki ==

			TS Wiki will set a temporary session cookie whenever you visit the site, but that cookie will be deleted when you close your browser session. Other users and adminstrators will not be able to see which pages you visited.

			== Editors ==

			'''Editing is a public activity, and submissions by editors are voluntary.'''

			Authors and editors of articles cannot be anonymous in TS Wiki under its policy of openness and transparency. You give up a measure of privacy when you take on the responsibility of becoming a TS Wiki editor. Changes to articles are tracked automatically by the Mediawiki software, with the editor's user ID and a timestamp listed in the History for the article. History can be viewed by anyone, using the “View history” tab at the top of the article. To avoid a messy edit history, we recommend use of the "Show preview" feature and an individual [[Help:Sandboxes\|sandbox]].

			A "persistent" cookie is set when you first log in, to store your user name so that it will be remembered for your next visit, saving you keystrokes. These cookies last up to 30 days, but can be cleared easily.

			== More about cookies ==

			Use of cookies is extremely common in the Internet, because they facilitate navigation and help to customize the user's Web experience. Cookies are small data files that Web sites write to your hard drive. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you visited, but the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. Adding a cookie to your computer does not give TS Wiki access to any part of your computer (except the cookie itself), or to personal information stored in other Websites' cookies.

			== Clearing cookies ==

			You can clear cookies by clearing the browser cache. Here is how to do this for several popular browsers:

			* '''Internet Explorer''' – click '''Tools''' on Menu Bar; then '''Delete browsing history'''.
			* '''Chrome''' – click '''wrench icon'''; select '''Tools''', then '''Clear browsing data'''.
			* '''Firefox''' – click '''Tools''' on Menu Bar; then '''Clear Recent History'''.
			* '''Safari''' – click '''gear icon'''; then '''Reset Safari'''.
			* '''Opera''' – click on '''“O” tab'''; then '''Settings''', then '''Delete Private Data'''.

			== Passwords ==

			Editors are encouraged to establish strong passwords. '''Passwords should never be shared.''' It is important to the integrity of the wiki for each editor to be identified individually and to accept responsibility for the editing that is done using their user ID and password. If you forget your password, contact one of the [[Help:Administrators\|administrators]].

			== E-mail addresses of editors ==

			A valid e-mail address is needed for each editor. Occasionally the administrators may need to may an announcement to all editors by e-mail, but addresses will be blind-copied to keep them from being revealed to other editors. E-mail addresses will not be used in any other kind of mailing list or revealed to anyone without permission.

			Other logged-in users may send e-mail to you through the wiki, unless you disable this in your Preferences. Your address will not be revealed to them unless you respond, or possibly if the email bounces.

			== Deletion of content ==

			Deleting text from Mediawiki articles does not delete it from History. In normal articles, anyone can look at a previous version and see what was there. Only administrators can delete articles, and even then it is possible for people with “sysop” rights to view the deleted articles.

			== Use of statistics ==

			The administrators may need to study user traffic patterns from time to time, in order to optimize system performance. We do not intend to correlate this information with data about individual users, except in the case of malicious attacks on the system.

SysopJ: Created page with "test privacy policy"

2012-04-27T21:16:02Z

Created page with "test privacy policy"

New page

test privacy policy