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{{short description|Misplaced Pages guideline}} |
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{{hatnote|"WP:DISCLAIM" redirects here. You may also be looking for ].}} |
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{{subcat guideline|content guideline|No disclaimers|WP:NDT|WP:NDIA|WP:DISCLAIM|WP:NODISCLAIMERS}} |
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{{nutshell|Warnings about content should not generally appear in articles. All articles are already covered by the Misplaced Pages disclaimers.}} |
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For the purpose of this guideline, a '''disclaimer''' is some text or template within an article that is intended to serve as a content warning. Although such content warnings have ], community consensus is that articles should ''not'' include additional warnings that duplicate the standard Misplaced Pages disclaimers. If allowed at all, such warnings could become quite cumbersome. There would be the question of what merited a warning and what didn't. Time would be wasted debating things such as what constitutes "adult content". Furthermore, including disclaimers could create a misleading impression that all potentially problematic content is flagged, leading readers to assume an article is "safe" in the absence of a disclaimer. If ] were included for fiction, there would be the question of whether they should be used for fairy tales. |
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Rather frequently, someone proposes a new ] ] - for instance, ''"This article contains profanity"''. While the consensus is that these kinds of templates should not exist, the constant creation of new ones shows a need for a clearer exposition of why they should not be used. When spotted, such templates tend to be ] because they're similar to templates we've debated and deleted in the past. |
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==Standard Misplaced Pages disclaimers== |
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==What are disclaimer templates== |
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Every Misplaced Pages page includes, right at the bottom, a link to the ] (Misplaced Pages makes no guarantee of validity), which itself provides further links to five other standard disclaimers that apply to all articles: |
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Disclaimer templates are templates that duplicate the information at one of the five disclaimer pages: |
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*]: Misplaced Pages contains content that may be objectionable |
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*]: Misplaced Pages does not give legal opinions |
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*]: Misplaced Pages does not give medical advice |
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*]: Use Misplaced Pages at your own risk |
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*]: Misplaced Pages has some rights when you participate in one of their survey |
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In addition, by longstanding policy, ] for the ]. |
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== Unacceptable disclaimers == |
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==Why they should not be used== |
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Here are some examples of unacceptable disclaimers. These are not permitted in articles, whether in template form (as illustrated here) or as text: |
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*Redundant with the ] link at the end of every page. |
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*Hard to define which articles should have a disclaimer (how would you define an "adult content" article, for instance, given that it varies wildly by culture). |
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*The ''lack'' of the disclaimer on a page might open Misplaced Pages to lawsuits. |
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*By the time you see them, it's too late — the article has already been loaded. |
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{{Warning|heading=Spoiler alert|This article contains spoilers.}} |
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==Why people say they should be used== |
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{{Warning|heading=Warning|This article contains ].}} |
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* People might be upset to see some sort of information on Misplaced Pages. (For a discussion of this see WP:NOT Censored above) |
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{{Warning|heading=Content warning|This article contains media that may potentially trigger seizures for those diagnosed with photosensitive epilepsy.}} |
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{{Warning|heading=Malware warning|Opening this link may expose you to ].}} |
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{{Warning|image=Stop hand nuvola.svg|heading='']''|'''This article contains content that is suitable only for ages 18 and older. Viewer discretion is advised.'''}} |
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== Acceptable warnings == |
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==The exception== |
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Certain warnings are acceptable. These serve different purposes from the standard Misplaced Pages disclaimers: |
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* "Technical" warnings assisting the user with display problems, such as {{tl|Contains special characters}}. These refer not to article content but to display issues that some readers might run in to. |
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* Temporary ] such as {{tl|current}} or {{tl|recent death}}. These alert the reader that the article may be subject to a flux of recent and upcoming significant changes for reasons beyond the control of Misplaced Pages. |
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:'' The only disclaimer on wikipedia should be the spoiler warnings, because you don't know where they are, and they ruin things for you. You can choose to ignore medical-related content on Misplaced Pages, but once you've read a spoiler, you can't just pretend you never read it. -]|] 12:45, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)'' |
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* Temporary ], such as {{tl|POV}}, {{tl|original research}} or {{tl|cleanup}}. These point to deficiencies in the article that should be corrected promptly. |
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:This is somewhat controversial, and several of the other-language Wikipedias have decided against using them. |
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==Previous discussions== |
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A small list of previous discussions is at ]. |
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Some older discussion can be found at the top of ], or at the ] archives. |
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==See also== |
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Here are some examples of unacceptable disclaimers. These are not permitted in articles, whether in template form (as illustrated here) or as text:
Certain warnings are acceptable. These serve different purposes from the standard Misplaced Pages disclaimers:
