The thesis or dissertation should not include any personal information other than the student's name, as this work will be publicly posted online. This includes information in appendices.
For example, remove:
In place of the information, you can simply place a white box over the text where there are signatures, ect.
| OK to keep | Remove | |
|---|---|---|
| Email addresses |
StFX faculty and staff email addresses are already available on the internet. You can keep these email addresses. Optionally, you can keep your StFX student email address in the thesis. However, your student StFX email address is not currently publicly available. Example:
You can also keep any business email addresses that you can easily find on the internet. |
Remove all personal email addresses. Example:
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| Telephone numbers |
StFX faculty and staff phone numbers are already available on the internet. You can keep these phone numbers. All StFX Phone numbers start with (902) 867-XXXX. You can also keep any business phone number that you can easily find on the internet. |
Remove all personal phone numbers. This includes your residence phone number which could look like a StFX |
| Mailing addresses |
StFX mailing addresses are already available on the internet. You can keep these mailing addresses. You can also keep any business address that you can easily find on the internet. |
Remove all personal mailing addresses. This includes your residence mailing address. |
| Signatures | There are no signatures that are OK to leave in your thesis. | Remove all signatures. |
| ID Numbers |
Romeo application number Tri-agency grant numbers REB number |
Anything personal |
| Dissertation Defence Form | Remove | Remove |