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A template is a Wikipedia page created to be included in other pages. It usually contains repetitive material that may need to show up on multiple articles or pages, often with customizable input. Templates sometimes use MediaWiki parser functions, nicknamed "magic words", a simple scripting language. Template pages are found in the template ...
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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends {{{qualifier}}}.. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
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A disclaimer in a Wikipedia article is a statement or visual template that editors may attempt to insert as a warning to readers. While ideas like this have been continually proposed , the consensus is that disclaimers do not belong in encyclopedia articles and should be deleted.
In patent law, a disclaimer identifies, in a claim, subject-matter that is not claimed. [2] By extension, a disclaimer may also mean the action of introducing a negative limitation in a claim, i.e. "an amendment to a claim resulting in the incorporation therein of a "negative" technical feature, typically excluding from a general feature specific embodiments or areas". [3]
Template documentation This template's initial visibility currently defaults to autocollapse , meaning that if there is another collapsible item on the page (a navbox, sidebar , or table with the collapsible attribute ), it is hidden apart from its title bar; if not, it is fully visible.
Feel free to do whatever you want to this template -- speedy, vfd, delete it yourself. You can copy this discussion to a related talk page (mine, the disclaimer's, or somewhere else), or simply delete it together with the template.