Wikivoyage talk:Disclaimer
Latest comment: 1 year ago by SHB2000 in topic When to use medical and legal disclaimers?
Now that I've looked at (presumably) the original German here, I have a clearer English translation of the (currently protected) heading:
Responsible for contents according to §10 MDStV
to offer, Hans:
Party responsible for content according to German Law (§10 MDStV)
When to use medical and legal disclaimers?
[edit]- Swept in from the pub
Articles such as stay healthy and altitude sickness have a health disclaimer box. Articles such as Traveling with a criminal history has a legal disclaimer box. Cannabis has a dual disclaimer. How generously should these disclaimers be used? Shall we use them for every travel topic that can potentially put a reader in trouble? /Yvwv (talk) 20:58, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
- No. That would be any article. Not relying on a page that anybody can edit is common sense, so warnings should be restricted to cases where people are likely to do risky things based on our advice. A disclaimer everywhere is as good as no disclaimer – it will be ignored very fast. We do have a general disclaimer, linked in the footer; I am not sure I have read it. –LPfi (talk) 21:25, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
- Agreed. I think the status quo makes sense: Have some warnings in articles that specifically handle one of these sensitive topics, but keep it out of things like destination articles. El Grafo (talk) 07:30, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
- +1 to LPfi's comment. Scarcity is key if we want the disclaimers that actually matter. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 08:18, 18 October 2023 (UTC)