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That's not to say that you won't find much valuable and accurate information at '''Wikipedia''', however please be advised that '''Wikipedia can not guarantee, in anyway whatsoever, the validity of the information you may find here.''' It may recently have been changed, vandalized or altered by someone whose opinion does not correspond with the state of knowledge in the particular area you are interested in learning about.
That's not to say that you won't find much valuable and accurate information at '''Wikipedia''', however please be advised that '''Wikipedia can not guarantee, in anyway whatsoever, the validity of the information you may find here.''' It may recently have been changed, vandalized or altered by someone whose opinion does not correspond with the state of knowledge in the particular area you are interested in learning about.


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


Please make sure that you understand that the information provided here is being provided free, gratuitiously, and that no kind of agreement or contract is created between you and the owners of this site, the owners of the servers upon which it is housed, the individual '''Wikipedia''' contributors, any project administrators, sysops or anyone else who is in anyway connected with this project or sister projects, you are being granted a limited license to copy anything on this site, it does not create or imply any contractual or extracontractual liability on the part of '''Wikipedia''' any of its agents, members, organizers or other users. Please note that that the information found here may be in violation of the laws of the country or jurisdiction from where you are viewing this information. Wikiepdia does not encourage the violation of any laws, but as this information is maintained on a server in the State of California in the United States of America it is being maintained in reference to the protections afforded to all under the [[United States Constitution]] [[First Amendment]] and the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] of the [[United Nations]]. The laws in your country may not recognize as broad a protection of free speech as the laws of the United States or the principles under the UN Charter and as such Wikipedia cannot be responsible for any potential violations of such laws should you link to this domain or use any of the information contained herein in anyway whatsoever.
Please make sure that you understand that the information provided here is being provided free, gratuitiously, and that no kind of agreement or contract is created between you and the owners or users of this site, the owners of the servers upon which it is housed, the individual '''Wikipedia''' contributors, any project administrators, sysops or anyone else who is in ''anyway connected'' with this project or sister projects subject to your claims against them directly; you are being granted a limited license to copy anything on this site, it does not create or imply any contractual or extracontractual liability on the part of '''Wikipedia''' any of its agents, members, organizers or other users. Please note that that the information found here may be in violation of the laws of the country or jurisdiction from where you are viewing this information. Wikiepdia does not encourage the violation of any laws, but as this information is maintained on a server in the State of California in the United States of America it is being maintained in reference to the protections afforded to all under the [[United States Constitution]] [[First Amendment]] and the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] of the [[United Nations]]. The laws in your country may not recognize as broad a protection of free speech as the laws of the United States or the principles under the UN Charter and as such Wikipedia cannot be responsible for any potential violations of such laws should you link to this domain or use any of the information contained herein in anyway whatsoever.
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This is a draft general disclaimer


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That's not to say that you won't find much valuable and accurate information at Wikipedia, however please be advised that Wikipedia can not guarantee, in anyway whatsoever, the validity of the information you may find here. It may recently have been changed, vandalized or altered by someone whose opinion does not correspond with the state of knowledge in the particular area you are interested in learning about.

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

Please make sure that you understand that the information provided here is being provided free, gratuitiously, and that no kind of agreement or contract is created between you and the owners or users of this site, the owners of the servers upon which it is housed, the individual Wikipedia contributors, any project administrators, sysops or anyone else who is in anyway connected with this project or sister projects subject to your claims against them directly; you are being granted a limited license to copy anything on this site, it does not create or imply any contractual or extracontractual liability on the part of Wikipedia any of its agents, members, organizers or other users. Please note that that the information found here may be in violation of the laws of the country or jurisdiction from where you are viewing this information. Wikiepdia does not encourage the violation of any laws, but as this information is maintained on a server in the State of California in the United States of America it is being maintained in reference to the protections afforded to all under the United States Constitution First Amendment and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations. The laws in your country may not recognize as broad a protection of free speech as the laws of the United States or the principles under the UN Charter and as such Wikipedia cannot be responsible for any potential violations of such laws should you link to this domain or use any of the information contained herein in anyway whatsoever.

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