Terms of Use

Encyclopaedia Polandballae (the "Company") is a company in the process of registration and incorporation under the laws of the United Mexican States (Mexico) with global operations. The Company maintains a wikifarm. These Terms of Use apply to all our websites, mobile applications, and other products (collectively referred to as "Services") under the "polandball.wiki" web domain and its subdomains. By accessing or using our Services, you indicate that you have read and agree to these Terms of Use (the "Agreement"). We reserve the right to modify, delete, or add portions of this Agreement at any time without prior notice. This Agreement applies to any person who uses our Services, whether registered or not.

Membership

The general use of our services is completely free. To use our services, you may need to register an account. To register an account, you must be at least 13 years old. For more information, please see our Age Policy.

If you are provided with credentials, passwords, or registration materials for your account on our services, you must keep them completely confidential. You are fully responsible for all actions taken on your account on our service. We may cancel or block your access, delete your profile, information, edits, or content at any time, with or without prior notice.

Managing multiple accounts is only permitted if you inform the local or global administration beforehand, as applicable. Otherwise, it may be blocked for security and identification purposes. Recovery of lost accounts must be requested from the global administration, which will inform you of the recovery process in exceptional cases.

Licenses

By using, editing, or modifying our content, you agree to the https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ and Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 licenses, as specified in each encyclopedia's licensing policies. As a primary objective of wikis, all contributing users agree to grant the general public permission to freely redistribute and reuse their contributions, subject to the terms of each wiki's specific license. If you upload files to our wikis, you must cite the source, attribute the authorship, and provide copyright information, where applicable. Each wiki may expand upon and specify the requirements for attributing audiovisual or multimedia content.

For third parties, attribution of contributors' work to each wiki must be provided via a hyperlink (when possible) to the original source (article, image, etc.) of the content on our services. If this is not possible, credit must be given by mentioning the author, article, or wiki using a responsible voice, image, or text format. Wiki contributors accept attribution of their work using these formats.

Behavior

Due to the global reach of Encyclopaedia Polandballae, it is important that you consider how valuable your image is to the company and the security behind its services, which provide trust on a global scale. There are certain behaviors you must follow or avoid if you wish to continue using our services.

By using our services, you agree to:

1. Use our services in accordance with the Terms of Use and the laws of the United Mexican States.
2. Maintain the confidentiality of your passwords and account access materials.
3. Always maintain courteous and respectful conduct and practice good netiquette.
4. Notify the company immediately if your account is compromised or if any unauthorized actions have been taken.
5. Refrain from involving the company, its staff, or collaborators in any illegal activities under the laws of the United Mexican States and the international treaties to which this country is a party.

The following actions are expressly prohibited:

1. Abusing, harassing, threatening, intimidating, defaming, or extorting other contributors or company staff.
2. Publishing, disseminating, or promoting pornographic, obscene, offensive, or illegal content, or content that harms the integrity of individuals, as well as content containing homophobia, discrimination against ethnic or religious groups, or that incites criminal activity. #Content that, due to the informational nature of this wiki, refers to these types of groups or content is expressly dedicated to informational purposes only, in the past tense, and any modern promotion of contributors, readers, or staff to actively or passively become involved in these types of groups is strictly prohibited.
3. Requesting general personal information from any user under 18 years of age; company personnel may expressly request your age but not legal or personal information that could compromise your integrity.
4. Disclosing or publicly requesting private information without the user's (contributor or staff member's) consent. Be careful with the information you share. Encyclopaedia Poloniaballae is not responsible for any damages you may suffer. Remember that all information you post and delete remains in the records and is considered public information; therefore, Encyclopaedia Poloniaballae will not be held responsible for the use of this information.
5. Uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting, or otherwise making available any material that contains computer viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, limit the functionality of, or allow unauthorized access to, any computer equipment, hardware, software, artificial intelligence, or telecommunications equipment is prohibited.
6. Using bots, spyware, malware, or other automated means to access our service for any purpose without our express written permission is also prohibited.
7. Falsifying any official document issued by the company or any government entity associated with the company.
8. Participating in any form of fraud.
9. Posting advertisements, business solicitations, or spam.
10. Bringing problems from other third-party services, whether managed by, related to, or unrelated to the company or the wikis hosted by the company.

By acknowledging the above, you agree that:

1. You will not interfere with any actions the company may take to enforce these Terms of Use.
2. You will not evade any appropriate legal action if you violate any of our terms.

Wikis Creation Policy

The company supports the MediaWiki format, thus providing space for wiki creation. By choosing to create or migrate your wiki to our wiki platform, you agree to the following:

1. Free content, free editing.
2. Wikis on the following topics are accepted: countryballs (or ballverse), countryhumans, mapping, geopolitics or community ball users projects.
3. Private wikis are not accepted, even if they cover the topics listed above.
4. "User" or "custom" wikis—that is, wikis that focus exclusively on a single individual (an artist, a YouTuber, etc., even if related to balls or related topics)—will not be accepted.
5. Duplicate wikis of existing wikis, both within and outside of Encyclopaedia Polandballae, will not be accepted.
6. The URL will always be [NAME].polandball.wiki. We will not purchase additional domains at the request of users.
7. If you already own a domain, you can request its addition. We do not offer funding and are not responsible for any expenses related to your domain.
8. By creating a wiki, you agree that it will become part of Encyclopaedia Polandballae. This means that if you leave the project, the company may transfer ownership to any user interested in continuing to contribute to and manage it. Wikis with administrators that have been inactive for a month can be adopted if there is a user who maintains consistent editing.
9. To request the opening, adoption, or transfer of a wiki, please contact Taxcymus.
10. No one is obligated to use Encyclopaedia Polandballae. Everyone is free to remain in the repository or create a fork if they wish. Backups are not provided; all are maintained by Encyclopaedia Polandballae. If you wish to create a fork, you must do so on your own.
11. If your wiki creates a fork of the project, the information will not be deleted until one to three months later.
12. Wikis may be closed if: they are merged with an existing wiki in Encyclopaedia Polandballae; or if: the wiki poses a threat to the integrity of the wikifarm; or if: the wiki is very inactive and neglected and does not represent much value.

Copyright policy

The company will revoke permission or access to our services for users who infringe copyright, depending on the severity of the infraction. If you own copyrighted content on our service or are authorized to act on your behalf, you can request its removal by contacting us [contact method].

If you wish to import text you found elsewhere or co-authored with others, you may only do so if it is available under terms compatible with the wiki's license. You must not add to the wiki any work for which you do not own the copyright or that is not available under this license. If you import text under a compatible license that requires attribution, you must reasonably credit the author(s). If this credit is usually given through page history (such as when copying within the wiki), it is sufficient to provide attribution in the edit summary, which is recorded in the page history, when you import the text.

This clause is addressed to artists: please note that the company hosts informational communities for artists; therefore, copyright and intellectual property laws will only apply to content registered within the United Mexican States and, consequently, to the corresponding authorities of that country. If you previously uploaded audiovisual or multimedia content to our services and registered it subsequently, you must indicate in the registration that you previously used said material. If you wish to have your content attributed to you, please contact the local administration. The company is not responsible for agreements between communities to publish and distribute content from various authors within its services.

Termination of service

The company may terminate your use of our services if you violate one or more of our Terms of Use or if you pose a threat to the service or our staffs, with or without prior notice. If you believe there is an error, please contact us as soon as possible.

Disclaimer

Encyclopaedia Polandballae is not responsible for the content or conduct of individuals, whether online or offline, within or outside of United Mexican States nor for any reference or link, in whole or in part, to our services in third-party projects (encyclopedic or otherwise, other websites, or social media). Furthermore, please understand and acknowledge that, by using our service, you may be exposed to offensive or objectionable content used for informational purposes, given the nature of our wiki. Use our services at your own risk.

Contact

For any questions, please contact Taxcymus @taxcymus via Discord. For legal or software fines only, please contact us via email at [email address pending].

Legal Notice

Encyclopaedia Polandballae reserves the right to use any legal services, resources, or advice at its disposal. The company is not responsible for any matter unrelated to its services; it may also dismiss or reject any accusation, at the very least, if it lacks solid grounds and/or is a misunderstanding. Otherwise, for all matters related to the interpretation and fulfillment of this agreement, the parties submit to the application of the laws and related services, its regulations, and other Federal laws of the United Mexican States, as well as to the jurisdiction and competence of the courts corresponding to the city indicated in the company's notarized incorporation documents. Therefore, you waive the jurisdiction of the courts of other states or countries that might correspond to you by reason of your present and future domicile.