On 5 May 2010 16:34, Alex <mrzmanw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/4/2010 5:16 PM, Yao Ziyuan wrote: >> Thomas Dalton wrote: >>>> >>>> We definitely do not want to be giving medical advice to people. If >>>> you get that wrong, people die. Medical advice should be got by going >>>> to the doctors. Can you give another example of what your idea could >> >> Yes, medical troubleshooting is both extremely useful and extremely >> sensitive, and that's why I said "Like Wikipedia, WikiTroubleshooting >> should cite credible references." We could put a warning and a >> disclaimer on every medical troubleshooting page telling the visitor >> to check cited references and other sources before adopting any >> advice. > > A disclaimer would probably shield us from lawsuits
What is your basis for that? My understanding is the disclaimers rarely do anything legally. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
