WW Policies

Jim Thomas (jthomas2@sun.soci.niu.edu)
Sat, 30 Sep 1995 17:46:46 -0500 (CDT)

Guidance from the silent, invisible University committee has been
underwhelming. A few weeks ago, I posted the sun.soci homepage
guidelines hoping that somebody from that committee could assess it
to assure that it's consistent with proposed or existing NIU policy.

I'll repost it again for feedback from the Webmasters' crowd.
Perhaps somebody authorized to speak for the University Committee
might even break their silence.

Does anybody have suggestions for revising the following?

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HOMEPAGES

Authorized users are encouraged to create individual Web homepages.
If you're reading this, you most likely have just installed your
own homepage.

Users should keep the following restrictions in mind:

1) Homepages must be kept within the 10 meg user quota limit

2) A GIF or similar image file should be fairly small (between
50-75 K).

3) No illegal or blatantly offensive material should be posted.
Remember that juveniles may access homepages.

4) No links may be made to illegal or Constitutionally unprotected
material on other sites

5) Material that violates copyright protection may not be posted

6) Homepages must include the name and contact address of the account
holder on the main menu as an e-mail <address> link

Homepages are not monitored, screened or approved by the department
of sociology, and users alone are responsible for their homepage
content.

Jim Thomas (jthomas@sun.soci.niu.edu)