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Wikipedia:Risk disclaimer

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PLEASE READ THE BELOW STATEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE LEAVING THIS PAGE

Please be aware that any information you may find on Wikipedia may be inaccurate, misleading, dangerous or illegal.

This risk disclaimer has been linked to the page you have been reading because someone feels that some of the information on that page may create an unreasonable risk for those readers who chose to apply or use the information in their own activities or to promote the information for use by third parties.

None of the authors, contributors, sponsors, administrators, sysops, vandals, or anyone else connected with Wikipedia, in any way whatsoever, can be responsible for your use of the information contained in or linked from these web pages.

Please take all steps necessary to ascertain that any information you receive from Wikipedia is correct and has been verified. If there are any suggestions regarding dangerous, illegal or unethical activities remember that anyone can post this information on Wikipedia and they may not be qualified to provide you with information that has informed you about adequate safety precautions, or steps you can take to prevent injury, bodily damage or other damages to your person, property or reputation. If you need specific advice (for example, medical, legal, risk management) please seek a professional licensed or knowledgable in that area.

Wikipedia is not uniformly peer reviewed; while readers may correct errors or remove erronous suggestions they have no legal duty to do so and thus all information read here is without any implied warranty of fitness for any purpose or use whatsoever.

No consequential damages can be sought against Wikipedia, as it is a voluntary association of individuals developed freely to create various open source online educational, cultural and informational resources. This information is being given to you gratuitiously and thus there is no agreement or understanding between you and Wikipedia regarding your use or modification of this information beyond the GNU Free Documentation License.

DO NOT RELY UPON ANYTHING FOUND AT WIKIPEDIA, YOUR INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.

CAUTION: USE WIKIPEDIA AT YOUR OWN RISK!


On some pages it may be appropriate to link (1) to a risk disclaimer or (2) legal advice disclaimer:

1. If the page wish to use this risk disclaimer please link to the following text:

  • '''[[Wikipedia:risk disclaimer|P<small>LEASE</small> R<small>EAD</small> T<small>HE</small> W<small>IKIPEDIA</small> R<small>ISK</small> D<small>ISCLAIMER</small> F<small>OR</small> Y<small>OUR</small> O<small>WN</small> S<small>AFETY</small>.]]'''

i.e.: PLEASE READ THE WIKIPEDIA RISK DISCLAIMER FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY.

  • or the shorter alternative: '''CAUTION: [[Wikipedia:risk disclaimer|USE Wikipedia AT YOUR OWN RISK!]]'''

'''CAUTION: [[Wikipedia:risk disclaimer|USE Wikipedia AT YOUR OWN RISK!]]'''

i.e.: USE Wikipedia AT YOUR OWN RISK!

  • or the even shorter alternative: : '''[[Wikipedia:risk disclaimer|R<small>ISK</small> D<small>ISCLAIMER</small>]]'''

i.e.: RISK DISCLAIMER


2. For pages on legal topics, link to Wikipedia:Legal advice as follows:

  • Please note: [[Wikipedia:Legal advice|Wikipedia does not give legal advice]]
i.e.: Please note: Wikipedia does not give legal advice



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