Meta: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (12 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
===Purpose=== | ===Purpose=== | ||
The sole purpose of this website is to be useful for people learning string theory. | The sole purpose of this website is to be useful for people learning string theory. It has no commercial ambitions and will never host advertising. | ||
===Moderation=== | ===Moderation=== | ||
No moderation of content should be necessary. However, offensive comments will be removed. For example "This review of string theory doesn't mention the important topic of conformal field theory" is preferable to "This review is rubbish". | No moderation of content should be necessary. However, offensive comments will be removed. For example "This review of string theory doesn't mention the important topic of conformal field theory" is preferable to "This review is rubbish". | ||
===Request an account=== | |||
Due to a spate of spam page creation by spam advertisers, new user account registration was suspended on 19th June 2014. Until some new safe process of user registration can be implemented, if you want to register as a user to edit pages on the String Wiki, just drop an email to [[User:Stefan|Stefan]]. Sorry for the inconvenience. | |||
===Copyright and Licensing=== | ===Copyright and Licensing=== | ||
| Line 15: | Line 18: | ||
If you would like to retain copyright over material you add to this website, please consider releasing it under a liberal copyleft license, such as the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License]. | If you would like to retain copyright over material you add to this website, please consider releasing it under a liberal copyleft license, such as the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License]. | ||
Please seek permission before you add the copyrighted work of others. | |||
===Privacy policy=== | ===Privacy policy=== | ||
| Line 20: | Line 25: | ||
===Future directions=== | ===Future directions=== | ||
*Hosting content that is not suitable for the [http://www.arxiv.org/ arXiv] but still useful. | *Hosting content that is not suitable for the [http://www.arxiv.org/ arXiv] but still useful, e.g. unofficial lecture notes or model answers to textbook exercises. | ||
*Forums. | *Forums. | ||
*Information about postdocs. | *Information about postdocs. | ||
| Line 27: | Line 32: | ||
Please contact [[User:Tom|Tom]] if you have any further suggestions or would like to help. | Please contact [[User:Tom|Tom]] if you have any further suggestions or would like to help. | ||
=== | ===Robot wikivandalism=== | ||
On 10th and 11th April 2007 some robots registered accounts on the wiki and started deleting content. From now on, when you create a new account you will have to perform a simple sum to check that you are a human being (this is implemented using the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit ConfirmEdit extension]). The robotic users have all been blocked from making further edits. If there is further robotic wikivandalism we will introduce [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha visual CAPTCHA]. | |||
===Thanks=== | ===Thanks=== | ||
We thank: | We thank: | ||
*George Cox for hosting the wiki and setting up the software. | *[[User:GeorgeCox|George Cox]] for hosting the wiki and setting up the software during its first six years. | ||
*Stefan Fredenhagen for incorporating his list of string schools and conferences. | *Stefan Fredenhagen for incorporating his list of string schools and conferences. | ||
*Alberto Guijosa Hidalgo, on whose [http://www.nuclecu.unam.mx/~alberto/physics/stringrev.html list of reviews] this website is based. | *Alberto Guijosa Hidalgo, on whose [http://www.nuclecu.unam.mx/~alberto/physics/stringrev.html list of reviews] this website is based. | ||
*Donald Marolf for giving permission to include his [http://www.arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0311044 Resource Letter: The Nature and Status of String Theory] (hep-th/0311044). | *Donald Marolf for giving permission to include his [http://www.arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0311044 Resource Letter: The Nature and Status of String Theory] (hep-th/0311044). | ||
*Bill Spence for his support and encouragement. | *Bill Spence for his support and encouragement. | ||
* Ulrich Theis for giving permission to include his [http://www2.uni-jena.de/~p5thul2/notes.html list of lecture notes]. | |||
*All those who have written reviews. | *All those who have written reviews. | ||
===Suggestions and comments=== | ===Suggestions and comments=== | ||
Contact [[User:Tom|Tom]]. | Contact [[User:Tom|Tom]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 13:59, 5 January 2021
Purpose
The sole purpose of this website is to be useful for people learning string theory. It has no commercial ambitions and will never host advertising.
Moderation
No moderation of content should be necessary. However, offensive comments will be removed. For example "This review of string theory doesn't mention the important topic of conformal field theory" is preferable to "This review is rubbish".
Request an account
Due to a spate of spam page creation by spam advertisers, new user account registration was suspended on 19th June 2014. Until some new safe process of user registration can be implemented, if you want to register as a user to edit pages on the String Wiki, just drop an email to Stefan. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Copyright and Licensing
Unless otherwise stated the content in the String Theory Wiki is in the public domain. This means that:
- You are free to use this work for any commercial or non-commercial purpose.
- You are free to alter, transform, or build upon this work.
- You are free to distribute, display, and perform this work.
- You are free to copy this work.
- You are free to publish this work in print or electronically.
- No further permission is needed to do any of the above things.
If you would like to retain copyright over material you add to this website, please consider releasing it under a liberal copyleft license, such as the GNU Free Documentation License.
Please seek permission before you add the copyrighted work of others.
Privacy policy
When you register you have the option to supply an email address. You can then choose to allow other users to contact you through the wiki. We will never pass these details to third parties and will seek to keep this information secure. However, if this site is hacked we take no responsibility if your email address falls into the wrong hands.
Future directions
- Hosting content that is not suitable for the arXiv but still useful, e.g. unofficial lecture notes or model answers to textbook exercises.
- Forums.
- Information about postdocs.
- A place for people to post interesting projects which they don't have time to do themselves or with which they need help.
Please contact Tom if you have any further suggestions or would like to help.
Robot wikivandalism
On 10th and 11th April 2007 some robots registered accounts on the wiki and started deleting content. From now on, when you create a new account you will have to perform a simple sum to check that you are a human being (this is implemented using the ConfirmEdit extension). The robotic users have all been blocked from making further edits. If there is further robotic wikivandalism we will introduce visual CAPTCHA.
Thanks
We thank:
- George Cox for hosting the wiki and setting up the software during its first six years.
- Stefan Fredenhagen for incorporating his list of string schools and conferences.
- Alberto Guijosa Hidalgo, on whose list of reviews this website is based.
- Donald Marolf for giving permission to include his Resource Letter: The Nature and Status of String Theory (hep-th/0311044).
- Bill Spence for his support and encouragement.
- Ulrich Theis for giving permission to include his list of lecture notes.
- All those who have written reviews.
Suggestions and comments
Contact Tom.