Wikipedia:General disclaimer

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General disclaimer - Use Wikipedia at your own risk! - Wikipedia does not give medical advice - Wikipedia does not give legal opinions

PLEASE READ THE WORDS BELOW CAREFULLY BEFORE LEAVING THIS PAGE

WIKIPEDIA DOES NOT CLAIM TO BE CORRECT

Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia on the Internet. People are working together to build a source of knowledge that anyone can use. Anyone with an Internet connection and Web browser can edit the pages here. Not everything on Wikipedia is written or checked by experts, so it might not be correct.

You will find a lot of useful and correct information at Wikipedia, but Wikipedia CANNOT promise that all of the information here is correct. For example, an article can be changed at any time by someone who does not agree with what it says. We watch for changes in articles, and try our best to make sure that any changes improve an article, but we CANNOT PROMISE that we will spot them right away.

LEGAL WORDING: 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 or libelous information or your use of the information contained in or linked from these web pages.

PLAIN ENGLISH WORDING: NO ONE at Wikipedia or connected with Wikipedia accepts ANY responsibility for what is printed here. Whatever you use here and however you use it, you do AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Please make sure that you understand that everything here is given freely by people who want to give it. The owners and users of this site do not promise or guarantee anything. NO ONE is responsible in any way for how you use the information you find here. You are being given a limited license to copy anything from this site. You are completely responsible for its use.

Wikipedia does not believe in breaking the law but it could be illegal for you to read or edit some pages in your country. This information is stored on a server in the United States of America. Wikipedia is protected by the laws of the United States Constitution's First Amendment and the en:Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations. The laws in your country might not give you the same rights. This means you might not be allowed to say what you want or to see, read, or listen to what you want as. Wikipedia cannot be responsible for what could happen to you if you break the law in your country by looking at or using the information here.

If you need specific advice (for example, medical, legal, risk management) please talk to a someone who is trained or licensed in that area. Read en:Wikipedia:Risk disclaimer, en:Wikipedia:Medical disclaimer, and en:Wikipedia:Legal disclaimer for specific disclaimers.

LEGAL WORDING: Wikipedia is not uniformly peer reviewed; while readers may correct errors or remove erroneous 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.

PLAIN ENGLISH WORDING: Wikipedia does not guarantee that articles are accurate. Some readers will fix errors or remove wrong information, but they don't have to. Anything you read or see here is for your interest and enjoyment ONLY.

All work on Wikipedia is done by volunteers (people who are not paid to do that). All material is given freely by people who want to give it. Any user can edit, change or remove text and pictures at any time. Wikipedia does not, cannot, and will not accept any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the material here or how it is used, except to ask that any material which is donated follow the GNU Free Documentation License rules.

Thank you for taking the time to read this page, and please enjoy your experience at the simple English Wikipedia.