Hi all – Alex Weinstein here, Head of Technology at Wetpaint. - Over the past few weeks, we have received a number of complaints from the Wetpaint community about wikis created that contain a variety of offensive material, and therefore violate Wetpaint’s Terms of Service. To preserve the health of the community and provide better service to those that abide by our Terms of Service, we have made a decision to: -
Immediately terminate any wikis that violate our Terms of Service
Cease creation of new wikis until we are able to deploy tighter controls for this sort of Terms of Service violations.
Existing wikis will continue functioning without interruption, with improved performance due to freed up hardware capacity. In the coming 3 months, we are planning to upgrade the server hardware for the Wetpaint Wiki platform to further improve wiki page load performance. - Thank you.
Message from the staff - 01/23/13 We have managed to contact Wetpaint and they are going to review some of the wikis that were blocked. Please remain patient while we wait for further updates. - In a nutshell, we believe wikis are being blocked for the following reasons:
Pornography/vulgar content
Abusive/offensive content
Copyrighted/illegal material
Harboring underage users
We currently have no idea as to when Wetpaint will allow for the creation of new wikis, so please do not ask us. - We strongly recommend all site Creators and Administrators backup their wikis and take immediate action to eliminate any of the above violations that may exist on your wiki. -
In closing, when you sign up for Wetpaint, you agree to their Terms of Service. This constitutes a legally binding contract.
It does not matter if you disagree with the Terms of Service. If your wiki violates it in any of the above ways, it will likely be blocked and/or deleted.
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Wetpaint Central Staff
As the community staff, we are here to help, and there is usually always someone online to assist you. Here is a list of our friendly staff:
Please keep in mind, none of the above are actual Wetpaint employees. They are all community volunteers and do not work for the company!
If you'd like, visit the Hall of Fame for former community and Wetpaint staff.
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Featured Tip - Backup your wikis!
Tip provided by: CaptainSpaz
In the past, many wikis have been taken over by malicious users. Users who end up destroying all the hard work on your wikis. Also, Wetpaint can choose to shut down your wikis without any prior notification. If you have put hours, weeks, or even years of hard work into your wikis, and don't want to lose it all, its simple. Backup your wikis! (Note: Only Creators and Administrators can backup a wiki.)
Here is a page that explains how to backup your wiki: Site Backup
- We strongly recommend that if you have put any length of time and work into your wikis, that you backup your wikis regularly.
This way, if something happens, all your hard work is saved!
If you have any tips, please message one of the Staff members.
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Member Shout Out!
Bellswebster - Wetpaint Central Community Moderator She is usually always online and ready to help out with any issues that are posted in the discussion forum. Even when the Administrators are online, she usually posts first, showing she has true dedication to this wiki.
If she has helped you out at all, feel free to send her a compliment to thank her!
Members chosen are selected by the Wetpaint Central Staff every three months. If you know someone who should be featured, please send one of us a PM.
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The Golden Paint Can Awards is an official affiliate of Wetpaint Central, and is a chance for all Wetpaint wikis to be recognized for a variety of achievements, such as organization, content, and activity. Use this section to see highlights of the current awards.
Everything you knew about the awards is about to change... Starting on March 1, 2013, the new and improved Golden Paint Can Awards will be opening up for nominations. Nominations will remain open until October 1, 2013.
To see a summary of the changes we have made this year, please visit this page.
Also, please feel free to leave a comment or suggestion in this thread.
This is the official help and support wiki for Wikis on Wetpaint, where you can find all sorts of information, tips, and tricks on how to successfully run your Wetpaint wiki. You can also use this wiki to get the latest information from Wetpaint. -
Experiencing Problems? If your wiki is behaving erratically, or you've received an 'Oops!' error message, post a thread in the forum and our staff and the rest of the Wetpaint Central community will work with you to fix the issue(s) you are experiencing with the wiki platform. -
Asking Questions Before starting a new thread, please search Wetpaint Central for pages and threads relating to your question or problem. If you can't find an answer, you may post your question once in the appropriate discussion forum category. -
