Content Policy
Telepedia provides a space for communities to grow and build a database around an IP that they’re interested in. This policy should be read by potential founders or migrating administrators; it is the measuring stick for wiki approvals and outlines Telepedia's relationship to its wikis. Approved wikis are held to this policy and protected by it.
You must read and understand the Telepedia Terms of Service. Other important policies and references are linked at the end.
1. General Terms
In accordance with the Terms of Service, it is accepted that Telepedia is free, at any point, to modify, delete, or redistribute the content submitted to the platform. Content will be served at Telepedia's discretion, and Telepedia may, at any point, install and manage advertisements served on communities. These are necessary for the platform to remain solvent, and so cannot be removed or modified by wikis.
Wikis hosted by Telepedia are public and should exist to develop a base of editors for a given subject; Telepedia does not host private, personal or restricted group communities. A list of alternatives is available here. Exceptions may be granted by Telepedia Staff if necessary and wikis may be initially private for setup, or briefly for cleanup if circumstances demand it.
Communities on Telepedia are indexed by search engines and freely discoverable. They should be open for editing (that is, not mass protected or restricted from registration) and they must be "community run"; founders must not be 'tyrants' who claim authority for its own sake, their access is on behalf of their community now or developed over time. In the event of major spam or abuse, or a major governance dispute happens, the Telepedia Staff should be contacted for assistance.
Wiki founders and administrators are encouraged to occasionally visit Telepedia Meta and/or the affiliated Discord Server to stay up to date on platform news, changes and events. We will attempt to notify of major happenings but wiki administrators are encouraged to stay informed themselves.
2. Content Guidelines
Telepedia will only host wikis on certain topics. These are:
- Television or Streaming Service series;
- Movies or movie franchises;
- Games, whether they are based on Console, PC, Steam, etc;
- Anime and/or Manga series;
- Books or Comic series;
- Music or Discography.
If you think that your wiki would be a good fit for our platform but does not explicitly fall into the above categories, please reach out - we may be able to accommodate you!
Telepedia will not host wikis that fall into any of the following categories:
- Disseminating misinformation or where their main purpose is to spread false information to mislead the public;
- Wikis about sex or pornographic material, even if this is portrayed with content warnings or in a non-sexual way;
- That have no clear topic;
- Are used primarily as a image repository;
- Promote or engage in activities that are illegal in the United Kingdom. This includes violations of the United Kingdom’s Fair Dealing Policy or any other copyright laws.
2.1. Topic Restrictions
There are topics, scopes and content which Telepedia does not wish to host despite them generally falling under Telepedia's scope. This list is not exhaustive and is subject to change.
- Roblox games, modifications, or anything Roblox adjacent. These attract unreasonable amounts of underage users and abusive behavior.
- "Reception wikis". Current exception aside, these wikis also attract excessive abuse, immature editing and fatal administrative issues.
2.2. NSFW Content
Pornography or NSFW material including underage individuals is not accepted under any circumstances.
If a wiki covers NSFW or potentially NSFW content, reasonably connected to an approved scope, it must be handled appropriately.
- Explicit imagery should be collapsed by default.
- If a wiki scope is generally unsuitable for minors, there must be a dismissable sitenotice warning about this.
- No explicit material may be posted on the main page or made part of 'global elements' (the background, navigation etc).
- The wiki should be categorized appropriately, as available in the tools Telepedia provides to wikis (currently through ManageWiki).
To draw the line, consider if the content would be suitable for viewing by people under 18 years old. Telepedia may host wikis that cover mature or 18+ media, but should be mindful not to allow minors to stumble onto explicit or highly inappropriate content material.
Please reach out to Telepedia Staff if there are any concerns in following these guidelines.
3. Copyright & Licensing
Content submitted to Telepedia must explicitly abide by the copyright policies of the United Kingdom. Files submitted to the platform, mainly images, are assumed to be licensed under Fair Dealing (not Fair Use). Telepedia will act if a DCMA Takedown Request is issued by the copyright holder.
Communities are able to file a counter-claim if they believe that the content does not breach copyright. Communities will receive Telepedia's support against misguided or abusive claims. If the claims have merit, as decided by Telepedia or legal declaration in a jurisdiction that applies to Telepedia, Telepedia will remove the content or close the wiki altogether depending on the extent of the claims.
Text submitted to Telepedia is protected by the CC BY-SA license (custom licenses are not authorized). This means that other wikis (or other platforms, irrespective if MediaWiki or other software) may use the content submitted to Telepedia, but they must provide proper attribution to the wiki and editors used as the source. If you believe that someone else on Telepedia or elsewhere from Telepedia is using your content without attribution or other elements of the license, please let us know by emailing us at community[at]telepedia.net. We will take appropriate steps, up to submitting a DMCA claim to have the content taken down.
The reverse is true: Telepedia Staff will address any instance of Telepedia wikis and users not following licenses. All text submitted to Telepedia must follow the CC BY-SA license already or be original work.
4. Wiki Forks & Changing Scope
Telepedia is happy to host forks of communities from other MediaWiki hosts as long as they meet our guidelines and align with our goals. Telepedia Staff retain discretion to review and potentially reject forks if they may be considered problematic to Telepedia or if the migration is from hosts which had solid basis to close for disruptive behavior or reputational damage.
Any change of scope must be submitted to and authorized by Telepedia Staff. Unauthorized changes risk deletion of out-of-scope content or wiki shutdown and other measures.
5. Leaving Telepedia
Telepedia respects a community's liberty to choose other hosting if it wishes. XML dumps will be offered by Telepedia. Telepedia does not offer image dumps, but wiki operators may reasonably 'scrape' images if necessary for migration.
If a wiki is closed will be handled case by case. Wikis with little or no community may be deleted at request. If the entire community favors moving, the wiki can be deleted after a transition period (so readers can know the wiki has moved). If there is a substantial audience that does not want to move or the wiki is perfectly serviceable for open contributions, Telepedia may decide to leave the wiki open for community adoption or place it under Staff conservatorship. Staff reserve discretion in drawing these lines and making a decision.
6. Violations of this Policy
Telepedia will respond promptly to Content Policy violations. Specific pages that violate policy will be removed. Users who individually submit infringing content may be sanctioned. If the violation is systemic (too many pages or the entire wiki), the wiki may be terminated.
We will not hastily terminate wikis for offenses by individuals that wiki administrators can address in good faith. Reasonable room to handle issues will be given.
Unless the violations are systemic or perpetuated by a wiki's administration, is encouraged to contact wiki management to resolve problems before contacting Telepedia Staff.