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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.
Reports have sometimes [citation needed] cited the Wikipedia disclaimers to support claims that Wikipedia is unreliable. Here is a selection from the disclaimers of sources which are often regarded as reliable. Associated Press (disclaimer [original text in all caps]): "The site and the site elements are provided on an 'as is' and 'as available ...
Wikipedia makes no guarantee of validity. Wikipedia is an online open-content collaborative encyclopedia; that is, a voluntary association of individuals and groups working to develop a common resource of human knowledge. The structure of the project allows anyone with an Internet connection to alter its content.
Others contain information on dangerous or otherwise risky activities (see Wikipedia:General disclaimer and Wikipedia:Risk disclaimer). Wikipedia contains spoilers. Wikipedia may contain triggers for people with post-traumatic stress disorder. Wikipedia may contain images and videos which can trigger epileptic seizures and other medical conditions.
This category and the navigation bar below contain the official Wikipedia disclaimers.All of these pages are protected, as their content needs to be carefully worded and free of disruption for legal reasons, and they should generally not be changed without extensive discussion.
The disclaimer is accessible from mobile web by clicking the burgur menu. While this certainly makes it accessible from every article page, the user has to do an action to view the disclaimer link. Is it accurate to say "linked at every other page/linked at the bottom of every other page"? Squeezdakat 04:18, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
Reasons for previous rejection: All Wikipedia web pages contain a link to the Wikipedia:General disclaimer page, where you can access the content, legal, medical, risk and survey disclaimers. [1] In addition, Wikipedia is not censored for the protection of minors. Our mission is to document human knowledge, no matter how unpleasant or offensive ...
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