Takedown
Anyone can publish a study on marola, and nobody reads it first. If a study harms you or others, or it is not the author's to publish, you can ask for it to be removed. This page says how, and what happens next.
How to ask
- For a study: open the study page and use the report link ("Report this study"). The form asks for a reason and for no email. Write the reason in plain words. You get no reply by this route, because marola does not know who you are.
- For anything else (your name or a private fact in a study, a claim about rights, a request about your own data), or if you want an answer: use the contact form. It asks for an email address, and only the board reads it. Write the address of the study (
/studies/and its id) and say what is wrong. - For a security problem in the site: use the private security report on GitHub.
What the board does
The board reads the reports. When a claim looks credible, the board hides the study at once and asks questions later. A study that is hidden leaves the list and the feed. Its page shows a tombstone and its file is no longer served.
When a claim holds (a private fact, a work copied without leave, a legal order), the board also deletes the file. The board closes the report with a note. If the board was wrong, it shows the study again, except when the file was deleted.
There is no fixed time for an answer yet.
What the author can do
- Withdraw the study at your account page, at any time. It is hidden at once, with the reason "withdrawn by the author".
- Delete the account at the same page. All its studies are hidden. See privacy.
- Reply to a claim with the contact form. The board reads both sides.
What stays
A hidden study keeps its id, its SHA-256 hash, its date and the reason, on a tombstone page that anyone can open. This is the public record of what was published. The text and the file do not show. If the board deletes the file, the hash and the reason stay.