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You are not required to create an account to read ICANNWiki.  
 
You are not required to create an account to read ICANNWiki.  
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In most cases we only ask for a username, password, email address, real name (optional) and a short biography in the account creation process. Of these fields, only the username and biography are publicly visible.  
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However, we do require users to create an account with a verified email address prior to contributing content on ICANNWiki, for the purposes of spam prevention and to establish a system of trust and transparency among editors.  
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For the primary purpose of spam prevention, we require users to create an account with a verified email address prior to adding or editing content on ICANNWiki. The email address is used exclusively to communicate with users about matters directly related to the use of icannwiki.org.
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ICANN and the Internet governance communities are relatively small and tight-knit. Thus, we encourage our users to provide a their real name as their username and to provide a biography in their user profile that provides more information, because we believe that this has a positive impact on the reliability of the content. However, this is not a requirement to use or contribute to the site.  
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Your username will be publicly visible, so while we encourage users to use their real name, if you are uncomfortable with your real name please be careful about selecting a username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your IP address is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily to help prevent abuse.  
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It is important to understand that MediaWiki software, which ICANNWiki runs on, was developed and is maintained to be collaborative and transparent. As a result it maintains an active and complete revision history of every article that is created. The content and revision history remains publicly accessible even after an article is deleted, although it is no longer indexed by search engines or accessible through the internal search function on ICANNWiki.  
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your user page if you choose to). This is because your public contributions must be associated with their author (you!). In some circumstances, ICANNWiki can assist users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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The data collected in the user creation process includes:
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*Username (Required) - The username will be assigned an associated article on icannwiki.org, which displays the username. Additionally, the username will be publicly and permanently associated with each edit, upload, or other contribution made by the user.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you don't want to, you don't have to—it's as simple as that.
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*Email Address (Verification Required) - The email address is used exclusively to communicate with users about matters directly related to the use of icannwiki.org.
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*Real Name (Optional) - The “real name” is never publicly available and can be deleted at any time in the “User Preferences” portal. The real name is used in combination with the email address to verify that a user with their name as the username has a legitimate right to use that name.  
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*Biography (Required) - The information in the Biography is used to automatically generate a user page that is publicly accessible and linked directly from all user contributions. This is not intended to require any disclosure of personal information, but rather verify the user’s interest in the subject matter of icannwiki.org.
    
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