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= Disclaimer =
= Disclaimer =


This disclaimer applies to the Vrienden Universe Wiki, its pages, files, discussions, categories, templates, user contributions, archives, cached versions, redirects, copied material, metadata, and any other material made available through the website.
The Vrienden Universe Wiki is an independent MediaWiki website used as a reference and documentation project.


By accessing, reading, using, editing, copying, citing, indexing, archiving, sharing, translating, summarizing, scraping, or otherwise interacting with this wiki, users acknowledge and accept the conditions and limitations stated on this page.
The information on this wiki is provided for general reference only.


== 1. General status of the wiki ==
Use of this wiki is at the user's own risk.


=== 1.1a Independent project ===
== 1. General notice ==
The Vrienden Universe Wiki is an independently maintained MediaWiki installation. It is operated as a reference and documentation project for its own internal setting.


=== 1.1b General reference only ===
=== 1.0a Independent website ===
The information on this wiki is provided for general reference purposes only. It is not provided as verified real-world information, professional guidance, public record, official documentation, or authoritative research material.
The Vrienden Universe Wiki is independently maintained. It is not an official source, public authority, professional service, news service, school source, medical source, financial source, or government source.


=== 1.1c Use at own risk ===
=== 1.0b General reference only ===
Use of this wiki is entirely at the user’s own risk. Users are responsible for how they access, read, interpret, reuse, cite, share, or rely on any material from the wiki.
The wiki is made for reference and documentation. It should not be used as proof, advice, instruction, evidence, warning, accusation, or verification.


=== 1.1d No guarantee of access ===
=== 1.0c User responsibility ===
The wiki may be changed, limited, interrupted, restricted, made unavailable, or removed without notice. No guarantee is made that the wiki will remain available, complete, accessible, or unchanged.
Users are responsible for how they read, understand, copy, share, cite, edit, reuse, discuss, or react to the wiki.


== 2. Nature of the content ==
=== 1.0d No guarantee ===
The wiki may contain errors, outdated material, missing information, unclear wording, broken links, missing files, incorrect formatting, or unfinished pages.


=== 2.1a Semi-fictional setting ===
=== 1.0e Changes ===
Pages, files, templates, categories, discussions, redirects, and other material may be changed, moved, restricted, removed, restored, or reorganized at any time.
 
== 2. Nature of content ==
 
=== 2.0a Semi-fictional setting ===
Content on this wiki relates to a semi-fictional setting known as the Vrienden Universe.
Content on this wiki relates to a semi-fictional setting known as the Vrienden Universe.


=== 2.1b Constructed material ===
=== 2.0b Project context ===
The wiki may include altered, parallel, exaggerated, recontextualized, combined, or fully constructed material. Such material may be inspired by real-world history, geography, institutions, public figures, organizations, crimes, wars, political events, cultural subjects, or other real-world matters.
Material on the wiki is written for the internal context of the project. It should not be taken out of that context and presented as real-world fact.


=== 2.1c Internal context only ===
=== 2.0c Constructed material ===
Content that belongs to the semi-fictional setting is presented only within the internal context of the project. It must not be treated as a statement of real-world fact.
The wiki may include constructed, altered, exaggerated, combined, or recontextualized material. This may include people, families, places, governments, companies, organizations, events, conflicts, crimes, deaths, relationships, medical subjects, political subjects, and other subjects.


=== 2.1d No real-world assertion ===
=== 2.0d Real-world references ===
The presence of a person, place, event, organization, symbol, family, company, government, military unit, crime, medical event, death, relationship, or accusation on this wiki does not mean that the wiki claims the subject exists in the same form in the real world.
Some pages may mention real people, real places, real organizations, or real events. Their presence on the wiki does not mean the wiki gives a complete, accurate, current, neutral, or official account of them.


=== 2.1e Real-world references ===
=== 2.0e No real-world claim ===
Some pages may refer to real historical persons, real locations, real organizations, or real events. Such references may be incomplete, altered, contextual, or mixed with constructed material. Real-world facts should be checked against reliable external sources.
A page, name, image, event, quote, accusation, relationship, death, organization, family, company, location, symbol, file, or statement on this wiki does not mean that the same thing is true in the real world.


=== 2.1f No endorsement ===
=== 2.0f No endorsement ===
The wiki does not endorse, support, approve, promote, defend, deny, justify, glorify, or encourage any act, ideology, organization, crime, political movement, belief, person, group, event, or conduct mentioned on the site.
The wiki does not endorse, support, approve, promote, defend, excuse, deny, glorify, or encourage anything described on the wiki.


== 3. Sensitive and adult content ==
== 3. Sensitive and adult content ==


=== 3.1a Sensitive material ===
=== 3.0a Sensitive subjects ===
The wiki may contain references to violence, crime, death, war, dictatorship, extremism, abuse, imprisonment, execution, suicide, disease, injury, medical procedures, sexuality, adult themes, family conflict, discrimination, or other sensitive subjects.
The wiki may contain sensitive subjects, including violence, crime, death, execution, imprisonment, war, abuse, injury, suicide, medical issues, sexual themes, adult themes, family conflict, political extremism, discrimination, and other mature subjects.


=== 3.1b Adult material ===
=== 3.0b Adult material ===
Some pages may contain adult or mature subject matter. Users who are minors, who are restricted from viewing such material under their local law, or who do not wish to view such material should stop using the wiki.
Some pages may contain adult or mature material. Users who do not want to view that material should stop using the wiki.


=== 3.1c Constructed sensitive events ===
=== 3.0c Constructed sensitive material ===
Where sensitive or adult material is part of the semi-fictional setting, it does not describe real victims, real conduct, real crimes, real sexual events, real medical events, real deaths, real threats, or real instructions.
Where sensitive or adult material belongs to the semi-fictional setting, it does not describe real victims, real abuse, real sexual events, real threats, real plans, real medical events, real crimes, or real deaths.


=== 3.1d No instructions ===
=== 3.0d No instructions ===
Nothing on this wiki is intended to provide instructions for violence, crime, self-harm, sexual conduct, abuse, evasion of law enforcement, extremist activity, weapons use, medical treatment, poisoning, suicide, harassment, exploitation, or any other harmful conduct.
Nothing on the wiki is an instruction. Nothing on the wiki tells users to copy, imitate, recreate, test, perform, plan, or carry out anything described on the wiki.


=== 3.1e No encouragement ===
=== 3.0e No encouragement ===
The wiki does not encourage, request, solicit, assist, normalize, or promote illegal, violent, extremist, sexual, abusive, exploitative, medical, or self-harm-related conduct.
Nothing on the wiki is encouragement, permission, approval, advice, support, or a request to do anything harmful, dangerous, abusive, violent, sexual, extremist, self-harm-related, threatening, or otherwise improper.


=== 3.1f Reader discretion ===
=== 3.0f Reader responsibility ===
Users are responsible for deciding whether they should view sensitive or adult material. The operators are not responsible for distress, offence, misunderstanding, or other reaction caused by content on the wiki.
Readers are responsible for their own reactions to sensitive or adult material.
 
=== 3.0g No responsibility for harmful acts ===
The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible if a reader uses, misuses, misunderstands, copies, imitates, shares, or reacts to wiki content in a harmful, dangerous, abusive, violent, sexual, extremist, self-harm-related, threatening, misleading, or otherwise improper way.


== 4. No factual claims ==
== 4. No factual claims ==


=== 4.1a No real-world accuracy claim ===
=== 4.0a No real-world accuracy claim ===
The wiki does not claim to present accurate historical, political, legal, scientific, medical, military, geographic, financial, biographical, criminal, or factual information about the real world.
The wiki does not claim to provide accurate real-world information.


=== 4.1b No public record ===
=== 4.0b No public record ===
The wiki is not a public record, government record, legal record, police record, medical record, military record, employment record, school record, genealogical record, news source, academic source, or archival authority.
The wiki is not a public record, court record, police record, medical record, employment record, school record, military record, family record, news archive, academic archive, or official archive.


=== 4.1c No proof of conduct ===
=== 4.0c No proof ===
Content on the wiki must not be treated as proof that any real person, family, organization, company, institution, government, or group committed, supported, suffered, witnessed, planned, or was accused of any act described on the wiki.
Content on the wiki must not be treated as proof that any real person, family, company, organization, group, institution, or authority did, suffered, witnessed, planned, supported, ordered, or was accused of anything described on the wiki.


=== 4.1d No background-check use ===
=== 4.0d No real-world decisions ===
The wiki must not be used for employment screening, background checks, security checks, legal claims, immigration matters, school decisions, medical decisions, financial decisions, reputational claims, or any other real-world decision about a person or organization.
The wiki must not be used for real-world decisions about any person, family, company, organization, place, group, institution, event, or subject.


=== 4.1e No reliance ===
=== 4.0e No reliance ===
Users must not rely on the wiki as a source of real-world knowledge, instruction, research, guidance, diagnosis, warning, accusation, evidence, or verification.
Users must not rely on the wiki for real-world knowledge, research, evidence, warnings, accusations, decisions, or verification.


== 5. No professional advice ==
== 5. No professional advice ==


=== 5.1a No legal advice ===
=== 5.0a No advice ===
Nothing on this wiki constitutes legal advice. Users should consult qualified legal professionals or official legal sources for legal matters.
Nothing on the wiki is professional advice.


=== 5.1b No medical advice ===
=== 5.0b No specialist guidance ===
Nothing on this wiki constitutes medical, psychological, psychiatric, pharmaceutical, forensic, toxicological, or health advice. Users should consult qualified medical professionals or official medical sources for health matters.
The wiki is not a source for medical, financial, technical, security, military, political, employment, education, safety, or emergency guidance.


=== 5.1c No financial advice ===
=== 5.0c Outside sources ===
Nothing on this wiki constitutes financial, investment, tax, business, insurance, employment, or accounting advice. Users should consult qualified professionals or official sources for financial matters.
Users are responsible for checking real-world matters with qualified professionals, official sources, or reliable external sources.


=== 5.1d No technical or security advice ===
=== 5.0d Emergency situations ===
Nothing on this wiki constitutes technical, operational, military, police, intelligence, safety, cybersecurity, weapons, survival, engineering, or security advice.
The wiki is not an emergency service. Users facing an emergency should contact the appropriate emergency service or local authority.


=== 5.1e No emergency guidance ===
== 6. User responsibility ==
The wiki is not an emergency service. Users facing an emergency should contact the appropriate emergency services or qualified local authority.


== 6. User responsibility ==
=== 6.0a Personal responsibility ===
Users are responsible for their own use of the wiki.
 
=== 6.0b Reading and interpretation ===
Users are responsible for how they read, understand, interpret, misunderstand, mistranslate, or explain wiki content.


=== 6.1a Personal responsibility ===
=== 6.0c Copying and sharing ===
Users are solely responsible for their own use of the wiki.
Users are responsible for how they copy, quote, screenshot, download, repost, archive, summarize, translate, index, cite, share, or reuse wiki content.


=== 6.1b Interpretation ===
=== 6.0d Actions after reading ===
Users are responsible for how they interpret wiki content. The operators are not responsible for misunderstandings, misreadings, mistranslations, assumptions, conclusions, or external claims made by users.
Users and third parties are responsible for their own actions, decisions, statements, edits, posts, claims, accusations, jokes, threats, plans, conduct, and behaviour after reading or using the wiki.


=== 6.1c Reuse ===
=== 6.0e No responsibility for reader conduct ===
Users are responsible for any copying, quotation, screenshotting, downloading, reposting, archiving, summarizing, translating, scraping, indexing, or republication of wiki content.
The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible if a user or third party does something harmful, dangerous, abusive, violent, sexual, extremist, self-harm-related, defamatory, threatening, misleading, offensive, or otherwise improper after reading or using material from the wiki.


=== 6.1d External discussion ===
=== 6.0f No responsibility for imitation ===
The operators are not responsible for discussions, disputes, claims, accusations, jokes, interpretations, edits, posts, videos, articles, comments, or other material created outside the wiki.
The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible if someone copies, imitates, recreates, performs, tests, plans, or carries out anything described on the wiki.


=== 6.1e Automated use ===
=== 6.0g No responsibility for reliance ===
Automated systems, search engines, scrapers, crawlers, bots, artificial intelligence tools, datasets, archives, or indexing services must not treat wiki content as verified real-world factual data.
The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for decisions made by users or third parties based on content from the wiki.


=== 6.1f Local law ===
=== 6.0h External discussion ===
Users are responsible for complying with the laws, regulations, access rules, age restrictions, and content restrictions that apply in their own location.
The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for discussions, disputes, claims, accusations, jokes, interpretations, posts, videos, comments, articles, edits, or other material created outside the wiki.


== 7. User contributions ==
== 7. User contributions ==


=== 7.1a Contributor responsibility ===
=== 7.0a Contributions ===
Content may be created or edited by registered or unregistered users. Each contributor is responsible for the material they submit.
Content may be created or edited by registered or unregistered users.


=== 7.1b No warranty for contributions ===
=== 7.0b Contributor responsibility ===
The wiki does not warrant the accuracy, reliability, legality, authorship, ownership, completeness, intent, or appropriateness of user-contributed material.
Each contributor is responsible for the material they submit.


=== 7.1c No pre-screening guarantee ===
=== 7.0c No guarantee for contributions ===
The operators may review, edit, restrict, or remove content, but no guarantee is made that every edit will be reviewed before publication.
The wiki does not guarantee that user-contributed material is accurate, reliable, complete, appropriate, original, properly sourced, harmless, or suitable for reuse.


=== 7.1d No immediate removal guarantee ===
=== 7.0d No full review guarantee ===
No guarantee is made that inaccurate, unlawful, offensive, sensitive, adult, infringing, private, harmful, or unwanted material will be found or removed immediately.
The operators may review, edit, restrict, or remove content, but not every edit, upload, page, file, or revision is guaranteed to be reviewed.


=== 7.1e Contributor permissions ===
=== 7.0e No immediate removal guarantee ===
By submitting material to the wiki, contributors represent that they have the right to submit it and that their submission does not knowingly violate applicable law or the rights of others.
No guarantee is made that inaccurate, offensive, sensitive, adult, private, harmful, outdated, unwanted, or improper material will be found or removed immediately.


=== 7.1f Indemnity for contributions ===
=== 7.0f Responsibility for submitted material ===
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, contributors agree to hold harmless the operators, maintainers, administrators, editors, hosting parties, and other users from claims, losses, disputes, damages, costs, or liabilities arising from material they submit.
Contributors are responsible for claims, disputes, complaints, losses, harm, or consequences caused by material they submit to the wiki.


== 8. Editing and moderation ==
== 8. Editing and moderation ==


=== 8.1a Editorial discretion ===
=== 8.0a Editorial control ===
The operators and administrators may edit, rewrite, move, merge, protect, restrict, delete, restore, archive, or reorganize content at their discretion.
The operators and administrators may edit, rewrite, move, merge, protect, restrict, delete, restore, archive, or reorganize content.


=== 8.1b No duty to preserve content ===
=== 8.0b No right to preservation ===
No user has a guaranteed right to have any page, file, revision, edit, account, username, discussion, category, template, or uploaded material preserved on the wiki.
No user has a guaranteed right to have any page, file, revision, edit, account, username, discussion, category, template, or uploaded material kept on the wiki.


=== 8.1c No duty to publish ===
=== 8.0c No duty to publish ===
The operators are not required to publish, host, restore, explain, or keep any user submission.
The operators are not required to publish, host, restore, explain, or keep any user submission.


=== 8.1d Content reports ===
=== 8.0d Reports ===
Users may report material that they believe is unlawful, infringing, private, harmful, or otherwise improper. Reports should identify the specific page, revision, file, or content at issue and explain the reason for the report.
Users may report material that they believe is private, harmful, improper, wrongly published, or otherwise unsuitable.
 
=== 8.0e No promised action ===
The operators may review reports and may act where appropriate, but no specific action is guaranteed.


=== 8.1e Action after reports ===
== 9. External links ==
The operators may review reports and may take action where appropriate, but no guarantee is made that any specific action will be taken.


== 9. External links and third-party material ==
=== 9.0a External websites ===
The wiki may link to external websites, files, archives, videos, databases, social media pages, or other third-party material.


=== 9.1a External websites ===
=== 9.0b No control over external websites ===
The wiki may contain links to external websites, files, archives, social media pages, videos, databases, or other third-party material.
The operators do not control external websites.


=== 9.1b No control over external sites ===
=== 9.0c No responsibility for external websites ===
The operators do not control external websites and are not responsible for their content, accuracy, availability, security, privacy practices, policies, legality, or changes.
The operators are not responsible for external content, accuracy, availability, safety, privacy practices, changes, downloads, comments, files, or actions.


=== 9.1c No endorsement of external sites ===
=== 9.0d No endorsement of external websites ===
Links to external websites do not imply endorsement, approval, verification, partnership, sponsorship, or responsibility.
A link to an external website does not mean approval, verification, partnership, sponsorship, or responsibility.


=== 9.1d External risks ===
=== 9.0e External use at own risk ===
Users access external websites at their own risk.
Users access external websites at their own risk.


== 10. Files, images, and media ==
== 10. Files, images, and media ==


=== 10.1a Uploaded media ===
=== 10.0a Uploaded media ===
The wiki may contain uploaded files, images, logos, maps, screenshots, documents, audio, video, or other media.
The wiki may contain uploaded files, images, maps, screenshots, logos, documents, audio, video, symbols, emblems, and other media.
 
=== 10.0b No authenticity guarantee ===
No guarantee is made that any file, image, logo, map, document, screenshot, caption, filename, or media description is authentic, complete, current, correctly labelled, properly sourced, harmless, or suitable for reuse.


=== 10.1b No authenticity guarantee ===
=== 10.0c Project context for media ===
No guarantee is made that any file or image is authentic, complete, current, correctly labelled, properly sourced, free from error, or suitable for reuse.
Images, symbols, names, uniforms, maps, documents, emblems, and other media may be used in a constructed or semi-fictional project context.


=== 10.1c Media in constructed context ===
=== 10.0d No proof from media ===
Images, symbols, names, uniforms, maps, documents, emblems, or other media may be used in a constructed or semi-fictional context and must not be treated as proof of real-world facts.
Media on the wiki must not be treated as proof of real-world facts.


=== 10.1d Copyright and rights ===
=== 10.0e User responsibility for reuse ===
Users are responsible for respecting copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, database, moral, and other rights that may apply to material on or copied from the wiki.
Users are responsible for how they copy, save, edit, repost, cite, use, or share media from the wiki.


== 11. Privacy and personal information ==
== 11. Privacy and personal information ==


=== 11.1a No privacy guarantee for edits ===
=== 11.0a Public activity ===
Edits, usernames, IP addresses, logs, timestamps, uploaded files, edit summaries, and discussion posts may be publicly visible depending on wiki configuration.
Edits, usernames, logs, timestamps, uploaded files, edit summaries, and discussion posts may be publicly visible depending on wiki settings.
 
=== 11.0b User disclosure ===
Users should not submit private, confidential, identifying, sensitive, or unwanted personal information about themselves or others.
 
=== 11.0c No responsibility for user disclosure ===
The operators are not responsible for personal information that users choose to submit through edits, uploads, comments, usernames, or other contributions.
 
=== 11.0d Removal requests ===
Users may request review of personal information that they believe should be removed.
 
=== 11.0e Outside copies ===
The operators are not responsible for copies, screenshots, archives, reposts, search results, mirrors, cached pages, or saved versions outside the wiki.
 
== 12. Accuracy and completeness ==
 
=== 12.0a No accuracy guarantee ===
No guarantee is made that the wiki is accurate.
 
=== 12.0b No completeness guarantee ===
No guarantee is made that the wiki is complete.
 
=== 12.0c No currentness guarantee ===
No guarantee is made that the wiki is current or updated.
 
=== 12.0d No consistency guarantee ===
No guarantee is made that the wiki is internally consistent.
 
=== 12.0e No formatting guarantee ===
No guarantee is made that the wiki is readable, properly formatted, properly categorized, or free from technical problems.


=== 11.1b User disclosure ===
=== 12.0f Copied and archived content ===
Users should not submit private, confidential, identifying, sensitive, unlawful, or unwanted personal information about themselves or others.
Older versions, copied pages, screenshots, mirrors, search engine snippets, archives, saved files, and third-party reposts may continue to exist after wiki content is changed or removed.


=== 11.1c No responsibility for user disclosure ===
=== 12.0g No responsibility for outside copies ===
The operators are not responsible for personal information that users choose to submit or disclose through edits, uploads, comments, usernames, or other contributions.
The operators are not responsible for copied, archived, cached, mirrored, reposted, indexed, screenshotted, downloaded, or quoted versions of wiki content outside the wiki.


=== 11.1d Removal requests ===
== 13. Technical issues ==
Users may request review of personal information that they believe should be removed. No guarantee is made that all copies, revisions, caches, mirrors, screenshots, archives, or external reposts can be removed.


== 12. Errors, omissions, and changes ==
=== 13.0a Technical problems ===
The wiki may contain broken links, missing files, template errors, database errors, display errors, upload errors, duplicate pages, incorrect redirects, and other technical problems.


=== 12.1a No completeness guarantee ===
=== 13.0b No security guarantee ===
No guarantee is made that any page is complete, current, correct, consistent, readable, properly formatted, properly categorized, or free from error.
No guarantee is made that the wiki, its files, links, software, database, extensions, or hosting environment will be secure, uninterrupted, error-free, or free from harmful components.


=== 12.1b Revisions ===
=== 13.0c User device responsibility ===
Content may be changed, corrected, expanded, reduced, reorganized, renamed, moved, redirected, deleted, or restored at any time without notice.
Users are responsible for their own devices, accounts, browsers, software, internet connection, downloads, files, passwords, and security settings.


=== 12.1c Archived and cached content ===
== 14. Limitation of responsibility ==
Older versions, cached copies, mirrors, screenshots, search engine snippets, data dumps, or third-party archives may continue to exist after content is changed or removed. The operators are not responsible for copies outside their control.


=== 12.1d Technical errors ===
=== 14.0a General limitation ===
The wiki may contain broken links, missing files, formatting errors, template errors, database errors, outdated pages, duplicate pages, incorrect redirects, or other technical issues.
The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for harm, loss, damage, distress, offence, confusion, misunderstanding, disputes, claims, reputational problems, technical problems, financial problems, personal problems, or other consequences caused by the wiki.


== 13. Limitation of liability ==
=== 14.0b Covered material ===
This applies to all pages, files, images, media, categories, templates, redirects, discussions, edit histories, user contributions, archives, metadata, links, sensitive content, adult content, constructed content, errors, omissions, technical failures, moderation actions, and content that is later changed or removed.


=== 13.1a General limitation ===
=== 14.0c Reading and use ===
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the operators, maintainers, administrators, editors, contributors, hosting parties, technical providers, and affiliated persons are not liable for any loss, damage, harm, claim, dispute, misunderstanding, reputational issue, legal issue, technical issue, financial issue, emotional distress, offence, reliance, or other consequence arising from the wiki.
The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for harm caused by reading, using, copying, sharing, interpreting, misunderstanding, misusing, imitating, relying on, or reacting to content from the wiki.


=== 13.1b Scope of limitation ===
=== 14.0d Third-party conduct ===
This limitation applies to access to the wiki, inability to access the wiki, use of wiki content, reliance on wiki content, interpretation of wiki content, user contributions, external links, uploaded files, sensitive content, adult content, constructed content, errors, omissions, archives, cached copies, technical failures, moderation actions, and content that is later changed or removed.
The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for the actions, statements, edits, uploads, reposts, interpretations, accusations, disputes, threats, crimes, misconduct, or harmful behaviour of users, contributors, visitors, automated systems, search engines, external websites, hosting providers, or other third parties.


=== 13.1c No indirect liability ===
=== 14.0e Outside use ===
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the operators are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, reputational, financial, or business losses arising from use of the wiki.
The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for material taken from the wiki and used outside the wiki.


=== 13.1d No liability for third parties ===
=== 14.0f Personal reactions ===
The operators are not responsible for the acts, omissions, statements, edits, uploads, interpretations, reposts, claims, or misconduct of users, contributors, visitors, external websites, search engines, automated systems, hosting providers, or other third parties.
The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for offence, distress, fear, anger, confusion, discomfort, disagreement, or other personal reactions caused by wiki content.


=== 13.1e No liability for reliance ===
=== 14.0g Harmful behaviour after reading ===
The operators are not responsible for decisions made by users or third parties based on wiki content.
The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible if someone behaves harmfully, dangerously, abusively, violently, sexually, threateningly, deceptively, or otherwise improperly after reading or using wiki content.


=== 13.1f Legal limits ===
=== 14.0h No responsibility for decisions ===
Nothing in this disclaimer excludes or limits liability where such exclusion or limitation is not permitted by applicable law.
The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for decisions made by users or third parties based on wiki content.


== 14. No warranties ==
== 15. No warranties ==


=== 14.1a As-is basis ===
=== 15.0a As-is basis ===
The wiki is provided on an as-is and as-available basis.
The wiki is provided as it is.


=== 14.1b No express or implied warranties ===
=== 15.0b As-available basis ===
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no warranties are given regarding accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, security, non-infringement, fitness for purpose, legality, continuity, or suitability for any use.
The wiki is provided as available.


=== 14.1c No security guarantee ===
=== 15.0c No promise of suitability ===
No guarantee is made that the wiki, its files, links, database, software, or hosting environment will be secure, uninterrupted, error-free, virus-free, or free from harmful components.
No promise is made that the wiki is suitable for any purpose.


== 15. No admission ==
=== 15.0d No promise of reliability ===
No promise is made that the wiki is reliable.


=== 15.1a No admission of fact ===
=== 15.0e No promise of safety ===
Nothing on the wiki is an admission that any real-world event occurred, that any real-world person performed any act, or that any real-world organization had any role described on the wiki.
No promise is made that the wiki or its content will be safe for every reader.


=== 15.1b No admission of liability ===
== 16. No admission ==
Nothing in this disclaimer, on any page, in any edit history, or in any moderation action is an admission of liability, wrongdoing, knowledge, endorsement, or responsibility by the operators.


=== 15.1c No waiver of rights ===
=== 16.0a No admission of fact ===
Failure to enforce any part of this disclaimer does not waive the right to enforce it later.
Nothing on the wiki is an admission that any real-world event happened.


== 16. Rights reserved ==
=== 16.0b No admission about real people ===
Nothing on the wiki is an admission that any real-world person did, said, planned, suffered, supported, or was accused of anything described on the wiki.


=== 16.1a Operational rights ===
=== 16.0c No admission about organizations ===
The operators reserve the right to manage, restrict, suspend, block, delete, protect, edit, archive, reorganize, or discontinue any part of the wiki at any time.
Nothing on the wiki is an admission that any real-world company, family, institution, group, authority, or organization had any role described on the wiki.


=== 16.1b User access ===
=== 16.0d No admission of responsibility ===
The operators may restrict or remove access for users, accounts, IP addresses, bots, automated tools, or other access methods where appropriate.
Nothing in this disclaimer, on any page, in any edit history, in any edit, or in any moderation action is an admission of responsibility, wrongdoing, knowledge, approval, endorsement, or control by the operators.


=== 16.1c Content control ===
== 17. Rights reserved ==
The operators may remove or restrict content for legal, technical, editorial, safety, privacy, copyright, moderation, or administrative reasons.


== 17. Severability ==
=== 17.0a Operational control ===
The operators may manage, restrict, suspend, block, delete, protect, edit, archive, reorganize, or discontinue any part of the wiki.


=== 17.1a Invalid provisions ===
=== 17.0b User access ===
If any part of this disclaimer is found to be invalid, unlawful, unenforceable, or ineffective, the remaining parts continue to apply to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
The operators may restrict or remove access for users, accounts, bots, automated tools, or other access methods where appropriate.


=== 17.1b Narrow interpretation ===
=== 17.0c Content control ===
Any invalid or unenforceable part should be interpreted as narrowly as possible so that the intended limitation, disclaimer, or protection remains effective to the greatest lawful extent.
The operators may remove or restrict content for technical, editorial, safety, privacy, moderation, administrative, or project reasons.


== 18. Changes to this disclaimer ==
== 18. Updates to this disclaimer ==


=== 18.1a Updates ===
=== 18.0a Changes ===
This disclaimer may be revised, expanded, shortened, reorganized, or replaced at any time without notice.
This disclaimer may be revised, expanded, shortened, reorganized, or replaced at any time.


=== 18.1b Continued use ===
=== 18.0b Continued use ===
Continued use of the wiki after changes to this disclaimer means that the user accepts the updated version.
Continued use of the wiki after changes to this disclaimer means that the user accepts the updated version.


== 19. Acceptance ==
== 19. Acceptance ==


=== 19.1a Acceptance by use ===
=== 19.0a Acceptance by use ===
By accessing, reading, editing, uploading to, linking to, copying from, citing, indexing, archiving, sharing, or otherwise using this wiki, users acknowledge and accept this disclaimer.
By accessing, reading, editing, uploading to, linking to, copying from, citing, indexing, archiving, sharing, or otherwise using this wiki, users accept this disclaimer.


=== 19.1b Stop using the wiki ===
=== 19.0b Stop using the wiki ===
Users who do not accept this disclaimer should stop using the wiki.
Users who do not accept this disclaimer should stop using the wiki.

Latest revision as of 18:30, 11 June 2026

Disclaimer

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The Vrienden Universe Wiki is an independent MediaWiki website used as a reference and documentation project.

The information on this wiki is provided for general reference only.

Use of this wiki is at the user's own risk.

1. General notice

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1.0a Independent website

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The Vrienden Universe Wiki is independently maintained. It is not an official source, public authority, professional service, news service, school source, medical source, financial source, or government source.

1.0b General reference only

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The wiki is made for reference and documentation. It should not be used as proof, advice, instruction, evidence, warning, accusation, or verification.

1.0c User responsibility

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Users are responsible for how they read, understand, copy, share, cite, edit, reuse, discuss, or react to the wiki.

1.0d No guarantee

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The wiki may contain errors, outdated material, missing information, unclear wording, broken links, missing files, incorrect formatting, or unfinished pages.

1.0e Changes

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Pages, files, templates, categories, discussions, redirects, and other material may be changed, moved, restricted, removed, restored, or reorganized at any time.

2. Nature of content

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2.0a Semi-fictional setting

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Content on this wiki relates to a semi-fictional setting known as the Vrienden Universe.

2.0b Project context

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Material on the wiki is written for the internal context of the project. It should not be taken out of that context and presented as real-world fact.

2.0c Constructed material

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The wiki may include constructed, altered, exaggerated, combined, or recontextualized material. This may include people, families, places, governments, companies, organizations, events, conflicts, crimes, deaths, relationships, medical subjects, political subjects, and other subjects.

2.0d Real-world references

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Some pages may mention real people, real places, real organizations, or real events. Their presence on the wiki does not mean the wiki gives a complete, accurate, current, neutral, or official account of them.

2.0e No real-world claim

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A page, name, image, event, quote, accusation, relationship, death, organization, family, company, location, symbol, file, or statement on this wiki does not mean that the same thing is true in the real world.

2.0f No endorsement

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The wiki does not endorse, support, approve, promote, defend, excuse, deny, glorify, or encourage anything described on the wiki.

3. Sensitive and adult content

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3.0a Sensitive subjects

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The wiki may contain sensitive subjects, including violence, crime, death, execution, imprisonment, war, abuse, injury, suicide, medical issues, sexual themes, adult themes, family conflict, political extremism, discrimination, and other mature subjects.

3.0b Adult material

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Some pages may contain adult or mature material. Users who do not want to view that material should stop using the wiki.

3.0c Constructed sensitive material

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Where sensitive or adult material belongs to the semi-fictional setting, it does not describe real victims, real abuse, real sexual events, real threats, real plans, real medical events, real crimes, or real deaths.

3.0d No instructions

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Nothing on the wiki is an instruction. Nothing on the wiki tells users to copy, imitate, recreate, test, perform, plan, or carry out anything described on the wiki.

3.0e No encouragement

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Nothing on the wiki is encouragement, permission, approval, advice, support, or a request to do anything harmful, dangerous, abusive, violent, sexual, extremist, self-harm-related, threatening, or otherwise improper.

3.0f Reader responsibility

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Readers are responsible for their own reactions to sensitive or adult material.

3.0g No responsibility for harmful acts

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The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible if a reader uses, misuses, misunderstands, copies, imitates, shares, or reacts to wiki content in a harmful, dangerous, abusive, violent, sexual, extremist, self-harm-related, threatening, misleading, or otherwise improper way.

4. No factual claims

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4.0a No real-world accuracy claim

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The wiki does not claim to provide accurate real-world information.

4.0b No public record

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The wiki is not a public record, court record, police record, medical record, employment record, school record, military record, family record, news archive, academic archive, or official archive.

4.0c No proof

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Content on the wiki must not be treated as proof that any real person, family, company, organization, group, institution, or authority did, suffered, witnessed, planned, supported, ordered, or was accused of anything described on the wiki.

4.0d No real-world decisions

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The wiki must not be used for real-world decisions about any person, family, company, organization, place, group, institution, event, or subject.

4.0e No reliance

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Users must not rely on the wiki for real-world knowledge, research, evidence, warnings, accusations, decisions, or verification.

5. No professional advice

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5.0a No advice

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Nothing on the wiki is professional advice.

5.0b No specialist guidance

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The wiki is not a source for medical, financial, technical, security, military, political, employment, education, safety, or emergency guidance.

5.0c Outside sources

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Users are responsible for checking real-world matters with qualified professionals, official sources, or reliable external sources.

5.0d Emergency situations

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The wiki is not an emergency service. Users facing an emergency should contact the appropriate emergency service or local authority.

6. User responsibility

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6.0a Personal responsibility

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Users are responsible for their own use of the wiki.

6.0b Reading and interpretation

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Users are responsible for how they read, understand, interpret, misunderstand, mistranslate, or explain wiki content.

6.0c Copying and sharing

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Users are responsible for how they copy, quote, screenshot, download, repost, archive, summarize, translate, index, cite, share, or reuse wiki content.

6.0d Actions after reading

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Users and third parties are responsible for their own actions, decisions, statements, edits, posts, claims, accusations, jokes, threats, plans, conduct, and behaviour after reading or using the wiki.

6.0e No responsibility for reader conduct

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The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible if a user or third party does something harmful, dangerous, abusive, violent, sexual, extremist, self-harm-related, defamatory, threatening, misleading, offensive, or otherwise improper after reading or using material from the wiki.

6.0f No responsibility for imitation

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The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible if someone copies, imitates, recreates, performs, tests, plans, or carries out anything described on the wiki.

6.0g No responsibility for reliance

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The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for decisions made by users or third parties based on content from the wiki.

6.0h External discussion

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The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for discussions, disputes, claims, accusations, jokes, interpretations, posts, videos, comments, articles, edits, or other material created outside the wiki.

7. User contributions

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7.0a Contributions

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Content may be created or edited by registered or unregistered users.

7.0b Contributor responsibility

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Each contributor is responsible for the material they submit.

7.0c No guarantee for contributions

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The wiki does not guarantee that user-contributed material is accurate, reliable, complete, appropriate, original, properly sourced, harmless, or suitable for reuse.

7.0d No full review guarantee

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The operators may review, edit, restrict, or remove content, but not every edit, upload, page, file, or revision is guaranteed to be reviewed.

7.0e No immediate removal guarantee

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No guarantee is made that inaccurate, offensive, sensitive, adult, private, harmful, outdated, unwanted, or improper material will be found or removed immediately.

7.0f Responsibility for submitted material

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Contributors are responsible for claims, disputes, complaints, losses, harm, or consequences caused by material they submit to the wiki.

8. Editing and moderation

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8.0a Editorial control

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The operators and administrators may edit, rewrite, move, merge, protect, restrict, delete, restore, archive, or reorganize content.

8.0b No right to preservation

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No user has a guaranteed right to have any page, file, revision, edit, account, username, discussion, category, template, or uploaded material kept on the wiki.

8.0c No duty to publish

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The operators are not required to publish, host, restore, explain, or keep any user submission.

8.0d Reports

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Users may report material that they believe is private, harmful, improper, wrongly published, or otherwise unsuitable.

8.0e No promised action

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The operators may review reports and may act where appropriate, but no specific action is guaranteed.

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9.0a External websites

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The wiki may link to external websites, files, archives, videos, databases, social media pages, or other third-party material.

9.0b No control over external websites

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The operators do not control external websites.

9.0c No responsibility for external websites

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The operators are not responsible for external content, accuracy, availability, safety, privacy practices, changes, downloads, comments, files, or actions.

9.0d No endorsement of external websites

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A link to an external website does not mean approval, verification, partnership, sponsorship, or responsibility.

9.0e External use at own risk

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Users access external websites at their own risk.

10. Files, images, and media

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10.0a Uploaded media

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The wiki may contain uploaded files, images, maps, screenshots, logos, documents, audio, video, symbols, emblems, and other media.

10.0b No authenticity guarantee

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No guarantee is made that any file, image, logo, map, document, screenshot, caption, filename, or media description is authentic, complete, current, correctly labelled, properly sourced, harmless, or suitable for reuse.

10.0c Project context for media

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Images, symbols, names, uniforms, maps, documents, emblems, and other media may be used in a constructed or semi-fictional project context.

10.0d No proof from media

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Media on the wiki must not be treated as proof of real-world facts.

10.0e User responsibility for reuse

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Users are responsible for how they copy, save, edit, repost, cite, use, or share media from the wiki.

11. Privacy and personal information

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11.0a Public activity

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Edits, usernames, logs, timestamps, uploaded files, edit summaries, and discussion posts may be publicly visible depending on wiki settings.

11.0b User disclosure

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Users should not submit private, confidential, identifying, sensitive, or unwanted personal information about themselves or others.

11.0c No responsibility for user disclosure

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The operators are not responsible for personal information that users choose to submit through edits, uploads, comments, usernames, or other contributions.

11.0d Removal requests

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Users may request review of personal information that they believe should be removed.

11.0e Outside copies

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The operators are not responsible for copies, screenshots, archives, reposts, search results, mirrors, cached pages, or saved versions outside the wiki.

12. Accuracy and completeness

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12.0a No accuracy guarantee

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No guarantee is made that the wiki is accurate.

12.0b No completeness guarantee

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No guarantee is made that the wiki is complete.

12.0c No currentness guarantee

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No guarantee is made that the wiki is current or updated.

12.0d No consistency guarantee

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No guarantee is made that the wiki is internally consistent.

12.0e No formatting guarantee

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No guarantee is made that the wiki is readable, properly formatted, properly categorized, or free from technical problems.

12.0f Copied and archived content

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Older versions, copied pages, screenshots, mirrors, search engine snippets, archives, saved files, and third-party reposts may continue to exist after wiki content is changed or removed.

12.0g No responsibility for outside copies

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The operators are not responsible for copied, archived, cached, mirrored, reposted, indexed, screenshotted, downloaded, or quoted versions of wiki content outside the wiki.

13. Technical issues

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13.0a Technical problems

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The wiki may contain broken links, missing files, template errors, database errors, display errors, upload errors, duplicate pages, incorrect redirects, and other technical problems.

13.0b No security guarantee

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No guarantee is made that the wiki, its files, links, software, database, extensions, or hosting environment will be secure, uninterrupted, error-free, or free from harmful components.

13.0c User device responsibility

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Users are responsible for their own devices, accounts, browsers, software, internet connection, downloads, files, passwords, and security settings.

14. Limitation of responsibility

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14.0a General limitation

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The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for harm, loss, damage, distress, offence, confusion, misunderstanding, disputes, claims, reputational problems, technical problems, financial problems, personal problems, or other consequences caused by the wiki.

14.0b Covered material

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This applies to all pages, files, images, media, categories, templates, redirects, discussions, edit histories, user contributions, archives, metadata, links, sensitive content, adult content, constructed content, errors, omissions, technical failures, moderation actions, and content that is later changed or removed.

14.0c Reading and use

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The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for harm caused by reading, using, copying, sharing, interpreting, misunderstanding, misusing, imitating, relying on, or reacting to content from the wiki.

14.0d Third-party conduct

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The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for the actions, statements, edits, uploads, reposts, interpretations, accusations, disputes, threats, crimes, misconduct, or harmful behaviour of users, contributors, visitors, automated systems, search engines, external websites, hosting providers, or other third parties.

14.0e Outside use

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The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for material taken from the wiki and used outside the wiki.

14.0f Personal reactions

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The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for offence, distress, fear, anger, confusion, discomfort, disagreement, or other personal reactions caused by wiki content.

14.0g Harmful behaviour after reading

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The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible if someone behaves harmfully, dangerously, abusively, violently, sexually, threateningly, deceptively, or otherwise improperly after reading or using wiki content.

14.0h No responsibility for decisions

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The people who operate, maintain, edit, host, or contribute to this wiki are not responsible for decisions made by users or third parties based on wiki content.

15. No warranties

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15.0a As-is basis

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The wiki is provided as it is.

15.0b As-available basis

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The wiki is provided as available.

15.0c No promise of suitability

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No promise is made that the wiki is suitable for any purpose.

15.0d No promise of reliability

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No promise is made that the wiki is reliable.

15.0e No promise of safety

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No promise is made that the wiki or its content will be safe for every reader.

16. No admission

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16.0a No admission of fact

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Nothing on the wiki is an admission that any real-world event happened.

16.0b No admission about real people

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Nothing on the wiki is an admission that any real-world person did, said, planned, suffered, supported, or was accused of anything described on the wiki.

16.0c No admission about organizations

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Nothing on the wiki is an admission that any real-world company, family, institution, group, authority, or organization had any role described on the wiki.

16.0d No admission of responsibility

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Nothing in this disclaimer, on any page, in any edit history, in any edit, or in any moderation action is an admission of responsibility, wrongdoing, knowledge, approval, endorsement, or control by the operators.

17. Rights reserved

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17.0a Operational control

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The operators may manage, restrict, suspend, block, delete, protect, edit, archive, reorganize, or discontinue any part of the wiki.

17.0b User access

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The operators may restrict or remove access for users, accounts, bots, automated tools, or other access methods where appropriate.

17.0c Content control

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The operators may remove or restrict content for technical, editorial, safety, privacy, moderation, administrative, or project reasons.

18. Updates to this disclaimer

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18.0a Changes

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This disclaimer may be revised, expanded, shortened, reorganized, or replaced at any time.

18.0b Continued use

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Continued use of the wiki after changes to this disclaimer means that the user accepts the updated version.

19. Acceptance

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19.0a Acceptance by use

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By accessing, reading, editing, uploading to, linking to, copying from, citing, indexing, archiving, sharing, or otherwise using this wiki, users accept this disclaimer.

19.0b Stop using the wiki

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Users who do not accept this disclaimer should stop using the wiki.

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