Wikipedia:Legal warnings
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Wikipedia is a free international encyclopedia which is not censored for the benefit of minors. From time to time, users may be warned that using Wikipedia itself or reusing material on Wikipedia may have legal consequences.
General cases
[edit]- "You agree to license your contributions under the GFDL" appears at the bottom of each edit page.
- Wikipedia:Legal disclaimer. No warning should be added if it is already covered by this general disclaimer.
Images
[edit]Images which do not appear directly in articles
[edit]In very rare cases, users may not view an image without clicking on a link. This feature, Template:Linkimage, is currently used in two articles:
- Autofellatio, by order of Jimmy Wales. See also Talk:Autofellatio/Image polls and discussions
See also
Other image tags
[edit]- Many of the image copyright tags, particularly the fair use tags, warn users that the image in question is not free, and that reuse (even within Wikipedia) may be copyright violation.
- Template:Money: "Additional legal restrictions outside of copyright law including laws regarding counterfeiting may also apply, particularly when this image is used in printed form."
- Template:Nazi symbol warns users about laws in several European countries which forbid the display of symbols related to national-socialist organizations outside of an educational context. It also asserts the educational nature of Wikipedia's use of the image. See the vote on deletion of Template:Nazi symbol.