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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) | * People might be upset to see some sort of information on Misplaced Pages. (For a discussion of this see WP:NOT Censored above) | ||
| * With the spoiler warning exception, some may assume this kind of protection applies to all other articles, and mistakenly see a picture they find offensive. | |||
| ==The exception== | ==The exception== | ||
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Rather frequently, someone proposes a new disclaimer template - 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 speedily deleted because they're similar to templates we've debated and deleted in the past.
What are disclaimer templates
Disclaimer templates are templates that duplicate the information at one of the five disclaimer pages:
- General disclaimer
- Use Misplaced Pages at your own risk
- Misplaced Pages does not give medical advice
- Misplaced Pages does not give legal opinions
- Misplaced Pages contains spoilers and content you may find objectionable
Why they should not be used
- Redundant with the Disclaimer link at the end of every page.
- Hard to define which articles should have a disclaimer (how would you define an "adult content" article, for instance, given that it varies dramatically by culture).
- Misplaced Pages is not censored.
- The lack of the disclaimer on certain pages as opposed to others might open Misplaced Pages to lawsuits.
- By the time you see them, it's too late — the article has already been loaded.
Why people say they should be used
- People might be upset to see some sort of information on Misplaced Pages. (For a discussion of this see WP:NOT Censored above)
- With the spoiler warning exception, some may assume this kind of protection applies to all other articles, and mistakenly see a picture they find offensive.
The exception
Template:spoiler and related templates are the exceptions from this guideline, but this guideline does not make them compulsory. For the relevant guideline on spoiler warnings, see Misplaced Pages:Spoiler warning.
- 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. -Frazzydee|✍ 12:45, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Previous discussions
A small list of previous discussions is at Misplaced Pages talk:Risk disclaimer#More disclaimer templates.
Some older discussion can be found at the top of Misplaced Pages talk:Risk disclaimer, or at the templates for deletion archives.
See also
- Misplaced Pages:Templates for deletion
- Misplaced Pages:Perennial proposals
- Misplaced Pages:Content labeling proposal