2.2.5.4 ‘House rules’ for responding to feedback on the Internet

COCHRANE LIBRARY FEEDBACK - HOUSE RULES

The Cochrane Library Feedback tool allows users to provide comments on and feedback of Cochrane reviews and protocols in The Cochrane Library. If accepted, the feedback will be published in a scrolling list of comments in reverse chronological order, with the most recent submission at the top of the page. In submitting your feedback, you agree with the following:

1. In submitting feedback, you grant The Cochrane Collaboration a non-exclusive licence to publish the feedback, and to identify you as its author, as part of the feedback feature and also to include it, if required, as part of the next update of the review commented on.
2. John Wiley & Sons Ltd (the Publisher) and The Cochrane Collaboration Steering Group will decide in their sole discretion whether to publish the feedback and reserve the right to cease publication at any time and without notice.
3. The Publisher will not accept feedback which may be libellous, abusive, in breach of any obligation of confidentiality or otherwise unlawful.
4. You must have copyright ownership of all material that you post. No articles or graphics may be posted without the express written consent of the copyright holder. Publication of the feedback will not infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of privacy or publicity, or any other rights of any third party.
5. You must respect the privacy of individuals. This means no posting of others’ telephone numbers, addresses, or any other private information.
6. The Publisher will accept only feedback which is relevant and appropriate to the review commented on.
7. No solicitations or advertisements are allowed.
8. Please keep your comments brief and to the point, and check them before you submit. Please also remember to declare any potential conflict of interest that you may have.
9. Online etiquette means that you don’t post the same feedback more than once. If you receive no acknowledgement of your comment please contact the Publisher at cochrane_feedback@wiley.co.uk ; please include your email address if possible so that the feedback editor can make contact with you.
10. You take responsibility for postings under your identification and use the information provided here at your own risk. The Publisher will not be liable for the content of comments posted here.
11. The Publisher cannot reply to requests for clinical or personal advice sent through the Feedback tool.
12.   Comments which report only typographical errors, spelling mistakes or punctuation should be sent to the author of the review or the Review Group Coordinator.