Guild Wars 2 Wiki:General disclaimer

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The Official Guild Wars 2 Wiki is an online, public collaboration of information centering around ArenaNet's online roleplaying game, Guild Wars 2. All information contained on this website is provided by the voluntary efforts of individual players and groups working to develop a comprehensive information resource for all Guild Wars fans to use and enjoy.

This website is an open wiki. It allows anyone with access to the Internet to create and alter its articles and content. Please note that articles and information found within this wiki have not necessarily been reviewed by members of the Guild Wars development team, employees of ArenaNet, or employees of NCsoft.

Although much of the information presented on the Official Guild Wars 2 Wiki will be accurate and up-to-date, ArenaNet and NCsoft cannot guarantee the validity and quality of the information. It should be understood that the content of any article may be modified or changed at any time by any member of the community. It should also be understood that any wiki page has a risk of becoming vandalized or improperly altered by users.

To maintain a sense of community on this user-contributed resource, it is encouraged that any user encountering improper, offensive, or otherwise incorrect information simply take the time to edit the article in question and correct the problem. If any situations arise that warrant further involvement, they should be reported directly to the Official Guild Wars 2 Wiki moderators for review.

Non-disclosure

As Guild Wars 2 is currently in development, it should be clearly understood that information that has not been officially released by ArenaNet pertaining to the game should not be posted to this website. Any inside information gained by individuals such as alpha and beta testers, press, NCSoft employees, ArenaNet employees, and individuals bound by a Non-Disclosure-Agreement (NDA) may not be posted to this wiki for any reason. Any information in violation of this policy is subject to immediate deletion.

No Formal Developer Reviews

While members of the Guild Wars development team can and do access the Official Guild Wars 2 Wiki, it should be understood that all articles cannot be officially reviewed at all times. Our community of editors use resources such as the Special:Recentchanges and Special:Newpages feeds to monitor new and changing content.

It should be clearly understood that the Official Guild Wars 2 Wiki is not consistently reviewed by official Guild Wars developers. While all ArenaNet and NCsoft employees may correct errors or engage in casual peer review, they have no legal duty to do so and thus all information read here is without any implied warranty of accuracy for any purpose or use whatsoever. Due to open community access to the Official Guild Wars 2 Wiki, even articles that have been reviewed by official employees of ArenaNet of NCsoft may later have been edited inappropriately, changing their original content.

None of the contributors, sponsors, administrators, developers, or anyone else connected with the Official Guild Wars 2 Wiki in any way whatsoever can be held responsible for the appearance of any inaccurate or libelous information or for your use of the information contained in or linked from these Web pages.

No User Contracts and a Limited License

By using the Official Guild Wars 2 Wiki, you confirm that you understand that the information provided here is being provided freely, and that no kind of agreement or contract is created between you and ArenaNet, between you and the users of this site, or between you and anyone else who is in any way connected with this project or sister projects subject to your claims against them directly. You are being granted a limited license to copy anything from this site; it does not create or imply any contractual or extracontractual liability on the part of the Official Guild Wars 2 Wiki or any of its agents, members, organizers, or other users.

Providing content for the Official Guild Wars 2 Wiki should be done voluntarily with no assumptions of content preservation or compensation from ArenaNet of NCsoft.

There is no agreement or understanding between you and the Official Guild Wars 2 Wiki regarding your use or modification of this information beyond the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL); neither is anyone at ArenaNet or NCsoft responsible if any contributer should change, edit, modify, or remove any information that you have posted on the Official Guild Wars 2 Wiki.

Trademarks

Any of the trademarks, service marks, collective marks, design rights, personality rights, or similar rights that are mentioned, used, or cited in an Official Guild Wars 2 Wiki article are the property of their respective owners. Their use here does not imply that you may use them for any other purpose other than for the same or a similar informational use as contemplated by the original authors of these articles under the GFDL licensing scheme.

Unless otherwise stated, the Official Guild Wars 2 Wiki is neither endorsed nor affiliated with any of the holders of any such rights, and as such ArenaNet and NCsoft cannot grant any rights to use any otherwise protected materials. Your use of any such or similar incorporeal property is at your own risk.

It should be understood that NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, ArenaNet, Arena.net, Guild Wars 2, Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns, Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire, Guild Wars, Guild Wars Prophecies, Guild Wars Factions, Factions, Guild Wars Nightfall, Nightfall, and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation.