Wikibooks:Content disclaimer

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General disclaimer - Use Wikibooks at your own risk! - Wikibooks does not give medical advice - Wikibooks does not give legal opinions - Wikibooks may contain objectionable content

In its ambitious mission of creating the world's largest free instructional resource Wikibooks contains many modules on a vast array of topics. A relatively small fraction of these topics are frequently censored by educational, governmental, corporate, parental and other filtering schemes.

• Some Wikibooks modules discuss words or language that are considered profane, vulgar or offensive by some readers. See Wikibooks:profanity for more information.
• Wikibooks contains many different images, some of which are considered objectionable or offensive by some readers. For example, some modules contain graphical depictions of violence, or depictions of human anatomy.
• Many modules 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 Wikibooks:General disclaimer and Wikibooks:Risk disclaimer).
• Wikibooks contains spoilers.
• Wikibooks may contain triggers for people with post-traumatic stress disorder.
• It should be noted that as Wikibooks is open to contributions from the public, there may at any time be graffiti present on Wikibooks.
• There may be medical, legal or other information that is normally also the subject of professional opinions; Wikibooks is not a substitute for seeking the help of a professional. Please note: Wikibooks does not give legal advice or medical advice.

Wikibooks's current policy is to include such content, provided it breaches neither any of our existing policies (especially Neutral point of view) nor the laws of the state of Florida in the United States, where Wikibooks is hosted. See list of controversial issues for some examples of modules that may contain such content. Some of these modules contain warnings, but many do not.

In any case, Wikibooks is a work in progress, and many modules contain errors, bias, duplication, or simply need tender loving care. We encourage readers to help us fix these problems. Essentially all articles are written primarily or solely by individuals who are not subject matter experts, and may lack academic credentials in the area.

Wikibooks contains modules that would not be covered in a conventional library. Wikibooks's coverage of subjects is patchy, based on the whims of its volunteer contributors. Readers should not judge the importance of topics based on their coverage in Wikibooks, or assume that a topic is important merely because it is the subject of a Wikibooks article.