Having a Disclaimer on Your Articles Can Be Helpful

I just had an article published on AC titled "I AM MAD Advertisements In Middle Of My Articles Make It Appear I Support That Which is Being Advertised." In this article I put a disclaimer, as I didn't want anyone believing that I supported some of the more undesirable advertisements that may show up smack dab in the middle of one of my articles. This got me to thinking about how disclaimers may be helpful in other ways. Let's take a look at why it may be beneficial for you to put a disclaimer on some your articles.

When writing an article about legal affairs or laws. You may want to state that you are not a lawyer or legal professional, and this article is not intended in anyway as legal advice for anyone. This keeps it clear what you are and are not offering in your article.

I noticed a lot of people write about medical conditions either they or a family member may be experiencing. It may be helpful to state in a disclaimer that you are writing from personal experience and you are not a medical professional, and in no way are offering advice on how to treat these illnesses.

If you are writing an article on a certain subject and offer some information that you personally do not agree with, it may be helpful to state at the end of the article that although you have offered the information that you don't necessarily agree with the opinions of the sources you have quoted. For example if you write an article on Hitler, and some of the people your quoting thought he was one of the greatest men who ever lived, a disclaimer may come in handy. I don't know about you, but I personally don't want to have anyone believe I might be a fan of Hitler.

This one is a biggy. A lot of people write on alternative health methods of helping or curing diseases. This one really needs a disclaimer. It may be helpful to state that again, you are not a medical professional, and are not offering these alternative methods in place of traditional medicine in curing these diseases. Always seek advice from your doctor or any other licensed medical professional before using these alternative methods of healing. I know, if you're really into alternative medicine such as I am the last thing you want to do is see a doctor, or suggest one to another person. However, this disclaimer will hopefully keep your butt out the court system, and keep your mind at ease that perhaps you didn't cause any undue harm to anyone else.

Well, there you have it, some very good reasons to use disclaimers in some of your articles. I'm sure there are more instances where these may come in handy. Just remember, when you write an article think carefully about what your writing about, write what you know, and contemplate whether a disclaimer would be a good idea on that particular article.

**Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional, I may not agree with everything in this article, I may not support all the advertisements placed on this article, and I don't give legal advice to anyone, as even the professionals don't understand the law.

Well, I think that covers it all!