Terms for Article Submissions

By submitting an article to The Public Notebook, you agree to the following terms.

1. Original work. You confirm that the submitted article is your own original work. You confirm that you have the legal right to submit it.

2. Permission to publish. You grant The Public Notebook permission to review, edit, publish, display, archive, promote, and distribute your submission if selected. You also grant The Public Notebook permission to use the submission in any reasonable way connected with operating, promoting, archiving, or improving the website.

3. No guarantee of publication. Submission does not guarantee publication. The Public Notebook may accept, reject, edit, shorten, categorize, remove, or decline any submission at its discretion.

4. Copyright responsibility. You confirm that the submission does not copy or unlawfully use copyrighted material owned by someone else. You agree not to submit plagiarized material, stolen work, or material that violates another person's intellectual property rights.

5. Legal responsibility. You agree not to submit anything defamatory, threatening, fraudulent, harassing, invasive of privacy, illegal, or otherwise unlawful. You are responsible for the content you submit.

6. No AI-written article. You confirm that artificial intelligence was not used to write the submitted article. Basic spelling or grammar checking is allowed, but the article itself must be written by you.

7. Accuracy. You agree not to knowingly submit false claims, fake quotations, fabricated sources, or misleading statements of fact.

8. Contact information. You agree that The Public Notebook may use your provided email address to contact you about your submission. Your email address does not need to be published with the article.

9. Editing. If your submission is selected, The Public Notebook may make reasonable edits for length, clarity, formatting, grammar, style, safety, or legal risk.

10. Removal. The Public Notebook may remove a published submission at any time.

11. Placeholder notice. These terms are placeholders for a small website project. Before using this website publicly, replace these terms with final terms reviewed for your situation.

Terms for Article Submissions

By submitting an article to The Public Notebook, you agree to the following terms.

1. Original work. You confirm that the submitted article is your own original work. You confirm that you have the legal right to submit it.

2. Permission to publish. You grant The Public Notebook permission to review, edit, publish, display, archive, promote, and distribute your submission if selected. You also grant The Public Notebook permission to use the submission in any reasonable way connected with operating, promoting, archiving, or improving the website.

3. No guarantee of publication. Submission does not guarantee publication. The Public Notebook may accept, reject, edit, shorten, categorize, remove, or decline any submission at its discretion.

4. Copyright responsibility. You confirm that the submission does not copy or unlawfully use copyrighted material owned by someone else. You agree not to submit plagiarized material, stolen work, or material that violates another person's intellectual property rights.

5. Legal responsibility. You agree not to submit anything defamatory, threatening, fraudulent, harassing, invasive of privacy, illegal, or otherwise unlawful. You are responsible for the content you submit.

6. No AI-written article. You confirm that artificial intelligence was not used to write the submitted article. Basic spelling or grammar checking is allowed, but the article itself must be written by you.

7. Accuracy. You agree not to knowingly submit false claims, fake quotations, fabricated sources, or misleading statements of fact.

8. Contact information. You agree that The Public Notebook may use your provided email address to contact you about your submission. Your email address does not need to be published with the article.

9. Editing. If your submission is selected, The Public Notebook may make reasonable edits for length, clarity, formatting, grammar, style, safety, or legal risk.

10. Removal. The Public Notebook may remove a published submission at any time.

11. Placeholder notice. These terms are placeholders for a small website project. Before using this website publicly, replace these terms with final terms reviewed for your situation.