ViewersVault:Disclaimers & Policies
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Disclaimers
Content Disclaimer
We do not guarantee the accuracy of any content provided on this site and disclaim any liability for the material we host. You are solely responsible for any content you upload. By contributing content, you grant us the right to host it on our domains for an indefinite period and to use it for any purpose. Please be aware that this site can be edited by anyone, so the information may not always be accurate. For the most reliable listings, we recommend checking directly with your provider. If you encounter any inaccuracies that you cannot correct, please inform us here.
Copyright Disclaimer
The channel listings on this site are considered to lack the threshold of originality required for copyright protection, thereby placing them in the Public Domain. Consequently, our compilation of channel listings based on data from service providers and other third-party sources does not constitute copyright infringement. However, the layout, design, and presentation of the listings created by ViewersVault and its contributors are protected, and we reserve all rights to that content as well as all other non-listing related materials, including our name and logo. Reproducing the layout, design, and format of our site without permission is prohibited, even with credit.
Policies
Misconduct Policy
Permanent ban offenses
The following serious violations will result in an immediate and permanent ban from the site:
- Blatant vandalism, which includes but is not limited to:
- Spamming external links
- Promoting your own products
- Unjustifiably blanking pages
- Creating multiple accounts to evade previously imposed bans
- Personal attacks directed at other users
- Inappropriate usernames or usernames intended to impersonate existing users, as determined by the site admins
- Other significant disruptive behavior, as assessed by the site admins
Graduated ban offenses
The following offenses are deemed to have a lesser impact and will result in a graduated response, which may include temporary bans:
- Deliberate insertion of unsourced or false information
- Intentional addition of irrelevant or unrelated content
- Other minor disruptive behaviors, as evaluated by the site admins
- Creating multiple accounts with malicious or deceptive intentions
The progression of the graduated ban is outlined below:
- 1st offense: Warning
- 2nd offense: One-week ban
- 3rd offense: One-month ban
- 4th offense: Three-month ban
- 5th offense: Permanent ban
Privacy Policy
Personal Information
When you register on ViewersVault, you need to provide a username and a verifiable email address to enhance your experience. While registration is optional for viewing information, it is mandatory for contributing to the site. You also have the choice to include your real name to better attribute your contributions.
To align with Fair Information Practices, if a data breach occurs that involves personally identifiable information, we will inform users through an in-site notification within one business day. By using this site and providing your personally identifiable information during registration, you agree not to hold viewersvault.com or any of its owners or operators responsible for any data breaches related to that information.
We will not sell, trade, or otherwise share your personally identifiable information with external parties, except for those who assist us in operating this website.
However, we may disclose information to comply with legal requirements, enforce our policies or those of our site operation partners, or protect our rights or the rights, property, or safety of others.
Cookies
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We also use cookies to: We also utilise cookies to:
- Retain your login information.
- Gather aggregated data regarding site traffic and user interactions to enhance your experience and improve our tools in the future. Additionally, we may employ reputable third-party services to monitor this information on our behalf.
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Contacting Us
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Updates to the Privacy Policy
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The Privacy Policy was last revised on 25 October, 2024.
Inactive Account Policy
Accounts that remain inactive (i.e., with no contributions) for 90 days after creation will be removed. If you wish to come back, you can easily create a new account.
Guidelines
Standard Page Naming Guidelines
When creating a new page, please use the following naming conventions:
- Subscription TV channel line-ups: List of channels on provider name.
- If the provider has varying line-ups in different regions: List of channels on provider name (location).
- If you're making a separate page for local channels that differ by region: List of location-specific channels on provider name.
- If this list includes all areas served by the provider, replace location with region.
- Over-the-air channel lineups: List of over-the-air television stations in location.
- If the page contains a list of cities in a country with OTA listings: List of country-demonym over-the-air television stations.
- Provider line-up changes: List of line-up changes on provider name.
- For multiple changes, the list can be divided by decade: List of line-up changes on provider name in the decade.
- Listings with a significant number of changes can be categorised by year: List of line-up changes on provider name in year.
- For multiple changes, the list can be divided by decade: List of line-up changes on provider name in the decade.
- Master lists: Master list of list type (location).
If you're uncertain about how to name a page, please feel free to reach out to an admin.
Linking Guidelines
Please ensure that you add links according to the following guidelines:
- Whenever feasible, link each station's name to its English Wikipedia page.
- If an English Wikipedia page is unavailable, you may use the native Wikipedia.
- If no Wikipedia page exists, do not link the station; leave it unlinked, and do not link to the station's website.
- For local channels, link to the Wikipedia article specific to that local station rather than its affiliate.
- If there is no Wikipedia article for the particular local station, link to the Wikipedia article that lists the affiliate stations of the main network.
- An exception to this is on pages where the table has columns for both callsign and network; in this case, the main network affiliate may be linked in the network column.
- For local subchannels, link to the Wikipedia page of the main local channel unless the local subchannel has its own specific Wikipedia page.
If you are unsure about how to properly add links, please feel free to contact an admin.
Incomplete Listing Guidelines
Users are encouraged to create work-in-progress listings; however, these listings cannot be included on the main page until they are sufficiently helpful for the average reader, as judged by the administrators. The main page will be periodically reviewed, and any outdated or non-functional lineups will be removed. Listings that are outdated, defunct, or incomplete may also be relocated to the user's subpages (e.g., User:ViewersVault/Foxtel) until they are updated or finalised.
Changes to This Page and the Site
This page may be modified at any time without prior notice. By utilising this site, you consent to the latest version of any policy, disclaimer, and guideline outlined on this page. If you wish to suggest a modification to this page or to the site as a whole, please do so here—make sure to explain how the change would be advantageous. Modifications to this page (and consequently any site policy, disclaimer, or guideline) must receive approval from the admins and will be publicly debated at the same location. We welcome users to share their opinions.