Social Contract

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The privilage of using an account at the Nearshore Wiki is based on your agreement to follow our social contract. This is a non-legal agreement that is administered by our council of editors. It establishes the rules by which we add and edit material in this wiki.

The Scientific Ethos

Use of logical conceptual models

Presentation of evidence and citation

Use of Language

Neutral Tone

Impersonal Analysis

Documenting Disagreement

Words used to define the state of knowledge

Identifying alternate hypotheses

Identifying alternate assumptions

Responding to challenges

Use of special topic pages

Posting of materials

Copyright and Public Domain

Editing Text

Free editing

Special Purpose Pages

Invitational Editing Pages