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Editors who have uploaded images with a GFDL license tag that includes disclaimers (for example {{GFDL-self-with-disclaimers}}). Images that are genuinely free use, not public domain, properly copyrighted by the English Wikipedia uploader, licensed under the GFDL, and meet any other criteria to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons .
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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.
Many articles contain frank discussion of controversial topics. Some subjects that are discussed have criminal applications in some jurisdictions. Others contain information on dangerous or otherwise risky activities (see Wikipedia:General disclaimer and Wikipedia:Risk disclaimer). Wikipedia contains spoilers.
To change this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used: {{Userspace disclaimers | state = collapsed}} will show the template collapsed, i.e. hidden apart from its title bar. {{Userspace disclaimers | state = expanded}} will show the template expanded, i.e. fully visible.
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]