Suicide Wiki:General disclaimer

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“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.”

― Matthew 10:34
SUICIDE WIKI MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY AND DOES NOT GIVE LEGAL OPINIONS

Please read carefully and completely the following conditions of use and terms of the agreement (“Terms”). By accessing Suicide Wiki or the sister site, Sanctioned Suicide, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms. These Terms will govern the relationship between you and Suicide Wiki and everything that you do on this wiki. If you do not wish to be bound to these Terms, you must not access or use Suicide Wiki. Your use of Suicide Wiki constitutes your agreement to all these Terms.

Disclaimer[edit]

Suicide Wiki and its website elements are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties of any kind, express or implied. To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, Suicide Wiki expressly disclaims all representations and warranties of any kind with respect to the wiki, the wiki elements and any other products available on or through this wiki, whether, express or implied, including, but not limited to, any and all warranties (1) of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose; (2) of non-infringement and title; (3) that any use of the website will be free from any interruptions, delays, inaccuracies, server down-time, errors, or omissions; (4) that the website will be secure, or free of viruses, worms, or other harmful components; (5) that the website or the website elements will satisfy your requirements or expectations; and (6) that information, data or materials presented or displayed on this website are correct, accurate, reliable, timley, or current. Your use of Suicide Wiki and any services herein are at your own risk.

These pages on Suicide Wiki—including the materials, the links, and the information provided—do not mean or intend to encourage, to persuade, to inspire, to solicitate, to coax, to incite, to induce, to instruct, to advise, to aid, to abet, or procure, or to assist suicide. Whatever you do, you do at your own risk!

Suicide Wiki does not provide—neither generally nor specifically—advices, suggestions, or counsellings—neither publicly nor privately—on how to (a) deal with relationship or mental health issues (such as stress, anxiety, depression, dysthymia, anorexia, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia); and (b) commit murder, involuntary manslaughter, self-murder, self-sacrifice, suicide, altruistic suicide, martyrdom, offering, wrongful acts, or illegal activities. You are not admonished, berated, blamed, condemned, censured, chastised, criticized, denounced, stigmatized, reprimand, or proscribed for your choices. Only you are responsible for your conducts.

Responsibility[edit]

None of the authors, contributors, administrators, sysops, or anyone else connected with Suicide Wiki in any way whatsoever can be responsible for the appearance of any inaccurate or libellous information or for your use of the information contained in or linked from these web pages. The authors of Suicide Wiki do not guarantee for neither the completeness, nor the correctness, nor the truthfulness, nor the preciseness of the information on the pages. The information provided on Suicide Wiki is, at best, of a general nature and cannot substitute for the advice of a licensed professional, a competent authority with specialized knowledge who can apply it to the particular circumstances of your case. No warranty or assurance is made that any of the articles are accurate. There is absolutely no assurance that any statement contained or cited in an article touching on medical or legal matters is true, correct, precise, reliable, or up-to-date. The overwhelming majority of such articles are written, in part or in whole, by nonprofessionals. Even if a statement made about medicine is accurate, it may not apply to you or your symptoms. Even if a statement made about the law is accurate, it may only be accurate in the jurisdiction of the person posting the information; as well, the law may have changed, been modified or overturned by subsequent development since the entry was made on Suicide Wiki.

Please be advised that nothing found here has necessarily been reviewed by people with the expertise required to provide you with complete, accurate, or reliable information. That is not to say that you will not find valuable and accurate information in Suicide Wiki; much of the time you will. However, Suicide Wiki cannot guarantee the validity of the information found here. The content of any given article may recently have been changed, vandalized, or altered by someone, whose opinion does not correspond with the state of knowledge in the relevant fields, hence affecting the accuracy or precision of information on this wiki.

Neither the individual contributors, nor system operators, nor developers of Suicide Wiki, nor anyone else connected to Suicide Wiki can take any responsibility for the results or consequences of any attempt to use or adopt any of the information or disinformation presented on this wiki. Nothing on Suicide Wiki should be construed as an attempt to offer or render a professional opinion or otherwise engage in the practice of a suicide attempt.

Nothing on Suicide Wiki should be construed as an attempt to offer or render a legal opinion or otherwise engage in the practice of law.

Liability[edit]

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” ― Lao Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher and writer

Suicide Wiki accepts no liability or responsibility to any person as a consequence of any reliance upon the information contained in this wiki or the sister site. Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall anyone involved in creating or maintaining this wiki be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages—such as serious injury or loss of life—that result from the use or inability to use the wiki or any other websites that are linked to this wiki—whatever be the asserted legal basis of the liability. Nor shall Suicide Wiki be liable for any such damages including, but not limited to, reliance by a member or visitor on any information obtained via the wiki; or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, viruses, malicious malwares and other content that aims to damage or affect unconsenting actors (including non-malicious or educational malware that is shared publicly), errors, defects, inability to use, failure of performance, delay or failure of providing service, communications failure, loss or corruption of data, theft, destruction, or unauthorised access—even if Suicide Wiki has been advised of the possibility of damages. States or Countries which do not allow some or all of the above limitations of liability, liability shall be limited to the greatest extent allowed by law.

Usage conditions[edit]

Please make sure that you understand that the information provided here is being provided freely, purely for educational purposes, and that no kind of agreement or contract is created between you and the owners or users of this website, the owners of the servers upon which it is housed, the individual Suicide Wiki contributors, any project administrators, sysops, or anyone else who is in any way connected with this wiki or the sister site subject to your claims against them directly. You are being granted a limited license to copy anything from this website; it does not create or imply any contractual or extra-contractual liability on the part of Suicide Wiki or any of its members or users.

Suicide Wiki is not uniformly peer reviewed; while readers may correct errors or remove erroneous suggestions, they have no legal duty to do so; thus, all information seen here is without any implied warranty of fitness for any purpose or use whatsoever. The information is purely for educational purposes.

Please be aware that any information you may find in Suicide Wiki may be inaccurate, misleading, dangerous, addictive, unethical, or illegal—especially for someone who is contemplating suicide. No consequential damages can be sought against Suicide Wiki, as it is solely a voluntary association of individuals developed freely to create various open source online educational and informational resources. This information is being given to you gratuitously, and there is no agreement or understanding between you and Suicide Wiki regarding your use or modification of this information; neither is anyone at Suicide Wiki responsible should someone change, edit, modify, or remove any information that you may post on Suicide Wiki.

Do not rely upon any information found in Suicide Wiki without independent verification. Double-check all information with independent sources.

Endorsement[edit]

Reference to any person, any products, any organization, any services, any activities, any hypertext links to the third parties, or any other information by trade name, trademark, supplier, or services related to such person or organization does not constitute or imply its endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by Suicide Wiki. Nor is endorsement of Suicide Wiki implied by such links. They are for convenience only, as an index in a public library. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Suicide Wiki does not give any warranty in relation to third party products, including any warranty as to features, performance, or fitness for purpose of third party products. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Suicide Wiki shall not be liable for any claim, any action, or any breach arising in relation to third party products.

Link to other websites[edit]

Suicide Wiki contains links to other external websites on the Internet (“Linked Sites”) only for informational purposes. Suicide Wiki is providing these links to you only as a convenience. The Linked Sites are not under the control of Suicide Wiki. Despite the efforts of Suicide Wiki to provide accurate information, it is not possible to completely ensure that all information is constantly correct; therefore, Suicide Wiki is not responsible for the accuracy, correctness, quality, integrity, legality, importance, decency of material, content, or copyright compliance of any Linked Site, any services, or any information provided via any Linked Site. Suicide Wiki is not accountable for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. The inclusion of any Linked Site does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, favoring, or approval by Suicide Wiki of the website or any association with its operators. If you decide to access Linked Sites, you do so at your own risk; that is, it is the responsibility of the user to make their own decisions about the relevance, accuracy, currency and reliability of information found on Linked Sites.

Security of information[edit]

No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as totally secure. Whilst Suicide Wiki strives to protect such information, Suicide Wiki does not warrant and cannot ensure the security of information which you transmit to Suicide Wiki. Accordingly, any information which you transmit to Suicide Wiki is transmitted at your own risk.

Jurisdiction and legality of content[edit]

Law varies from place to place and it evolves over time—sometimes quite quickly. Publication of information found in Suicide Wiki may be in violation of the laws of the country or jurisdiction from where you are viewing this information. Laws in your country or jurisdiction may not protect or allow the same kinds of speech or distribution. Suicide Wiki does not encourage the violation of any laws, and cannot be responsible for any violations of such laws, should you link to this domain or use, reproduce, or republish the information contained herein.