Wikivoyage talk:Disclaimer

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)

--W. Franke-mailtalk 12:34, 24 September 2012 (CEST)

When to use medical and legal disclaimers?
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 &#124; contribs &#124; meta) 08:18, 18 October 2023 (UTC)