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42: 121: 400:, the current consensus on disclaimers is still negotiable. Indeed, several non-English Knowledge projects do allow certain disclaimers which this guideline precludes (e.g., 335:
It is hard to define which articles should have a disclaimer (e.g., what defines an "adult content" article, which varies dramatically by culture and individual). Allowing
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For the purpose of this guideline, disclaimers are templates or text inserted into an article that duplicate the information at one of the five standard disclaimer pages:
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To inform readers that all content on Knowledge can be edited and modified by anyone, so Knowledge can't provide any claim to the accuracy of content.
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in a Knowledge article is a statement or warning that the article is not appropriate, suitable, or guaranteed for some specified purpose. There are
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disclaimers would generate a significant overhead of disputes regarding where to draw the line; this draws editors away from more productive tasks.
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be used. Additional disclaimers in encyclopedia articles should generally be removed, and disclaimer templates should be removed and deleted.
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From time to time, editors insert additional disclaimers into an article either as text or as a template – for instance,
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The benefits of disclaimers are immediate, frequent, and obvious, whereas lawsuits are distant, rare, and hypothetical.
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Certain content may offend certain people; disclaimers could help those people skip content they prefer not to see.
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Nonetheless, any future modifications of this guideline should be implemented only after
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of the disclaimer on certain pages as opposed to others might open Knowledge to lawsuits.
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Disclaimers should not be used in articles. All articles are already covered by a
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This content guideline represents a solid and longstanding consensus on the
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Knowledge talk:Risk disclaimer/Archive 1 § More disclaimer templates
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They take up large amounts of page space when used in banner form.
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Dissenting arguments in favour of disclaimers have included:
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may apply. Substantive edits to this page should reflect
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A short list of discussions from 2004 and 2005 is at
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Knowledge:No disclaimers in articles
Knowledge:General disclaimer
content guideline
exceptions
consensus
this guideline's talk page
Shortcuts
WP:NDT
WP:NDIA
WP:DISCLAIM
WP:NODISCLAIMERS
general disclaimer
disclaimers
contains profanity
continually proposed
Contains special characters
Current event and temporal templates
current
recent death
Cleanup templates
POV
original research
cleanup
Knowledge:General disclaimer
Knowledge:Content disclaimer
Knowledge:Legal disclaimer
Knowledge:Medical disclaimer
Knowledge:Risk disclaimer
disclaimer
Knowledge is not censored

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