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===Copyrights=== | ===Copyrights=== | ||
When using text or images from another website, make sure that the material is not copyrighted. If it is, | When using text or images from another website, editors should make sure that the material is not copyrighted. If it is, they must ask permission from the original content owner(s) before using it. Copyright holders may contact WikiIslam to have their concerns addressed. | ||
===Libel=== | ===Libel=== | ||
The goal of WikiIslam is to create an encyclopedic information source | The goal of WikiIslam is to create an encyclopedic information source with all information being referenced through the citation of reliable published sources, so as to maintain a standard of verifiability. | ||
For this reason, all contributors should recognize that it is ''their responsibility'' to ensure that material posted on WikiIslam is not defamatory. Libel or defamation is defined as the communication of a statement that makes a false claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may harm the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government or nation. | For this reason, all contributors should recognize that it is ''their responsibility'' to ensure that material posted on WikiIslam is not defamatory. Libel or defamation is defined as the communication of a statement that makes a false claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may harm the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government or nation. | ||
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====Subject Guidelines==== | ====Subject Guidelines==== | ||
Individuals who believe they are the subject of a libelous statement on WikiIslam should contact the site with details of the article and error. | |||
==Pro-Islamic Content== | ==Pro-Islamic Content== | ||