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 ====== Disclaimers & Disclosures ======
-The WESTbase Wiki is a knowledge-sharing website where people can come together to learn to make money on the internet. Assuming our sources and the provided research are reliable, we have aggregated the information and curated it into original content. Keep in mind that not everything you read here has been checked by experts in the field in order to give you the most up-to-date and accurate information possible.
+The WESTbase Wiki exists to tell great stories, explore curiosities, and occasionally give you a much-needed sarcastic off-ramp from the chaos of life.
+While we do our best to make sure the information here is interesting and reasonably accurate, we are not a team of fact-checking monks living in a mountain monastery.
+Things change, sources can be imperfect, and sometimes even the best intentions meet reality.
+So please enjoy the stories, but don’t bet your house, your health, or your sanity on anything you read here without doing your own digging.
-The WESTbase Wiki is not without its useful and reliable articles, though. While we strive to ensure the accuracy of all content, The WESTbase Wiki, nor Warner Electronic Systems Team, make no promises in this regard. Articles may have had recent updates made to their aggregated and/or curated content. Keep in mind that similar disclaimers can be found in the vast majority of other online reference works websites.
 ===== Affiliate Marketing Disclosure =====
-The WESTbase Wiki is supported by its users. The posts and articles you read may contain affiliate links. This means that if you use these links to buy anything or sign up for a service, we can receive an affiliate commission at no additional cost to you. In certain cases, when stated, you might also be eligible for a discount.
+Yes, some of the links you’ll find on this wiki are affiliate links. If you click one and end up buying something (or signing up for a service), we may receive a small commission. It costs you nothing extra, and in some cases we can even hook you up with a discount.
+We only recommend tools, books, and resources we genuinely like or have found useful. That said, our affiliate relationships do shift over time because companies change, products get discontinued, and sometimes we just find something better. If you ever have questions about a link or recommendation, feel free to reach out through the [[westbase:contact_us|Contact Us]] page. We’re happy to explain what’s what.
+===== About Our Content =====
+This wiki is a mix of original storytelling, careful research, and the occasional deep dive into topics that caught our attention. It is **not** a random collection of copy-pasted articles. We research, we write, we edit (sometimes while arguing with ourselves), and we try to make it worth your time.
+However, we’re not claiming this is the final word on anything. Articles get updated. New information surfaces. And yes, even with our best efforts, mistakes can happen. Similar disclaimers exist on basically every other wiki and reference site on the internet. So, we’re just being honest about it instead of hiding it in tiny legal text.
-===== Aggregated, Curated, & Original Content =====
+The WESTbase Wiki, Warner Electronic Systems Team, and everyone involved assume no responsibility for how you use (or misuse) the information here, or for anything that happens on pages we don’t control.
-The WESTbase Wiki is a collaboration of a small team focused on one goal: teaching current and future entrepreneurs how to do build and market an online business.
+===== Important Legal Stuff (a.k.a. The Boring But Necessary Part) =====
-Tools like "Recent Changes" are used by our small, but mighty, team of writers and editors to keep you abreast of what's new and what's been updated. But this wiki is not just another collection of random articles; it's a carefully curated informational resource with its own original research and analysis. Therefore, no implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose is made with respect to the information presented here. It is possible that the article you are about to read has been edited inappropriately, even if it has been through informal peer review or featured article processes.
+The content on this wiki is provided for entertainment, education, and general curiosity. It is **not** professional advice of any kind — medical, legal, financial, tax-related, or otherwise. If you need actual expert help in any of those areas, please go find a licensed professional instead of relying on a sarcastic storyteller on the internet.
-The WESTbase Wiki, its contributors, sponsors, administrators, or Warner Electronic Systems Team, assume no responsibility for the content of any user-created pages, the content of any externally-linked pages, or the use that users make of the information provided on or through these pages.
+In no event will Warner Electronic Systems Team or anyone associated with this wiki be held liable for any damages (direct, indirect, accidental, or otherwise) that come from using the information on this site. You are free to use what you find here, but the responsibility for what you do with it is entirely yours. On that note, read the next section ... of course.
-The content provided within The WESTbase Wiki is for informational and educational purposes only. In no event can the providers be held liable to any party for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of this information. It is your choice to use the information provided and does not imply advice, guaranteed results, or warranties of any outcome.
-===== No Contract; Limited License =====
+===== How Our Content Is Licensed =====
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+All original content on the WESTbase Wiki and in the //Get On With The Story!// podcast is protected by copyright.
-There is no agreement or understanding between you and The WESTbase Wiki or Warner Electronic Systems Team regarding your use or modification of this information beyond the [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International]] License (CC BY-SA 4.0); neither is anyone at The WESTbase Wiki or Warner Electronic Systems Team responsible should someone change, edit, modify or remove any information that is posted on The WESTbase Wiki or any of its associated Warner Electronic Systems Team websites.
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+Requests for usage permission can be sent through the [[westbase:contact_us|Contact Us]] page.
+===== Copyright =====
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