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{{nutshell|Warnings about content should not generally appear in articles. All articles are already covered by the Misplaced Pages disclaimers.}}
{{nutshell|Warnings about content should not generally appear in articles. All articles are already covered by the Misplaced Pages disclaimers.}}
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.
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.
Were they to be permitted, content warnings could create a false sense of security, creating a misleading impression that all potentially problematic content is flagged, and that articles without disclaimers are inherently "safe". The community consensus to ban such warnings also avoids time-consuming debates over subjective issues such as what constitutes "adult content".
This page in a nutshell: Warnings about content should not generally appear in articles. All articles are already covered by the Misplaced Pages disclaimers.
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 frequently been proposed, community consensus is that articles should not include additional warnings that duplicate the standard Misplaced Pages disclaimers.
Were they to be permitted, content warnings could create a false sense of security, creating a misleading impression that all potentially problematic content is flagged, and that articles without disclaimers are inherently "safe". The community consensus to ban such warnings also avoids time-consuming debates over subjective issues such as what constitutes "adult content".
Standard Misplaced Pages disclaimers
Every Misplaced Pages page includes, right at the bottom, a link to the Misplaced Pages:General disclaimer (Misplaced Pages makes no guarantee of validity), which itself provides further links to five other standard disclaimers that apply to all articles:
Content warningThis article contains media that may potentially trigger seizures for those diagnosed with photosensitive epilepsy.
Malware warningOpening this link may expose you to malware.
Trigger warningThis article contains content that is suitable only for ages 18 and older. Viewer discretion is advised.
Acceptable warnings
Certain warnings are acceptable. These serve different purposes from the standard Misplaced Pages disclaimers:
"Technical" warnings assisting the user with display problems, such as {{Contains special characters}}. These refer not to article content but to display issues that some readers might run in to.
Temporary current event and temporal templates such as {{current}} or {{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.
