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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. 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.


==Standard Misplaced Pages disclaimers== ==Standard Misplaced Pages disclaimers==
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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. * 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.
* Temporary ], such as {{tl|POV}}, {{tl|original research}} or {{tl|cleanup}}. These point to deficiencies in the article that should be corrected promptly. * Temporary ], such as {{tl|POV}}, {{tl|original research}} or {{tl|cleanup}}. These point to deficiencies in the article that should be corrected promptly.

==Rationale==
The following points summarise the rationale for this guideline:
*Disclaimers are redundant with the ], in combination with the ], ], ], ] and ] disclaimers.
*].
*], ].
*], which prohibits spoiler warnings in articles.
*It would be almost impossibly challenging for editors to define which articles should be allowed to have a specific disclaimer. For instance, the definition of "adult content" varies widely across cultures and individuals. Allowing disclaimers would lead to significant disputes over boundaries, diverting editors from more productive tasks.
*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.
* Disclaimers, especially when presented as banners, consume considerable page space.


==See also== ==See also==

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Misplaced Pages guideline "WP:DISCLAIM" redirects here. You may also be looking for Misplaced Pages:General disclaimer.
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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. 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 spoiler warnings were included for fiction, there would be the question of whether they should be used for fairy tales.

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:

In addition, by longstanding policy, Misplaced Pages is not censored for the protection of minors.

Unacceptable disclaimers

Here are some examples of unacceptable disclaimers. These are not permitted in articles, whether in template form (as illustrated here) or as text:

Spoiler alertThis article contains spoilers.
WarningThis article contains vulgar, profane, or otherwise offensive language.
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.
WarningTrigger 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:

See also

Talk page disclaimer templates

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