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==Vandalism and Security== | ==Vandalism and Security== | ||
=== | ===Certain Muslim forums openly discuss hacking/vandalizing the site, so is the content safe from their illegal activities?=== | ||
Yes. We are aware of the high risk of vandalism to this website and are prepared to effectively deal with any attempt to sabotage its content. In any case this is a wiki website, which means the website can always recover from any amount of vandalism. We also make regular data backups in multiple locations. We did lose 5 day's worth of edits in April 2007 after the server was hacked, but fortunately there was little editing that was done during those 5 days. This was the only time we have lost data. | Yes. We are aware of the high risk of vandalism to this website and are prepared to effectively deal with any attempt to sabotage its content. In any case this is a wiki website, which means the website can always recover from any amount of vandalism. We also make regular data backups in multiple locations. We did lose 5 day's worth of edits in April 2007 after the server was hacked, but fortunately there was little editing that was done during those 5 days. This was the only time we have lost data. | ||
===Why | ===Why were IP edits disabled? Is WikiIslam trying to restrict who is and is not allowed to edit? Does this mean the wiki will be biased?=== | ||
Following a surge of vandalism efforts, it was felt that the net negative impact of continuing to allow IP edits outweighed its positives. Currently, a thorough cleanup of the website and refocusing of the website is underway, with the general objective of making the site focus on broader topics within Islam and not just its criticisms. While WikiIslam aspires to maintain its critical, non-dogmatic treatment of Islam, it is decidedly the case that openly antagonizing Muslims is contrary to and indeed undermines our purpose. After such content has been satisfactorily updated and removed, WikiIslam may once again open itself to IP edits, though such a return cannot be guaranteed. | |||
It is important to note that throughout all this and into the future, anyone and everyone hoping to contribute constructively to the wiki is allowed to contribute. Aspiring editors are simply required to request an account registration from the wiki administration and undergo a brief vetting process (to make sure such accounts are not wastefully handed out for vandals). Muslims, ex-Muslims, and non-Muslims are all welcome to contribute to the website, so long as adversarial and dogmatic commentary is absent from their contributions. WikiIslam aspire to give an objective, nonpartisan portrait of Islam; contributors from any and all backgrounds can help in achieving this. | |||
Everybody, ranging from critics to apologists of Islam, is welcome to request an account on WikiIslam, so long as they do not proceed to suppress or distort perspective they disagree with. No discrimination on the basis of personal identity will be made in distributing accounts. However, editors activities are monitored. Anyone caught fabricating hadiths, presenting purposeful distortions of the historical or modern mainstream Islamic tradition, or engaging in personal attacks will be dealt with equally and swiftly, no matter their religious or irreligious self-identification. | |||
Modern reinterpretations of classical Islamic doctrine are always welcome on the site, being a part of the intellectual history and development of Islam, but must always be described as such. Attempts to present modern reinterpretations as somehow historically mainstream will (whether to recast the historical tradition in a more positive or negative light) result in content deletion and account deactivation. This applies equally to, for instance, attempts to present modern Salafi perspectives as historically mainstream as it does to attempts to present Islamic modernist or Islamic feminist perspectives as historical mainstream. | |||
===WikiIslam advocates free speech but you are oppressing my right to free speech by blocking me. Why?=== | ===WikiIslam advocates free speech but you are oppressing my right to free speech by blocking me. Why?=== | ||