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Welcome to the Consumer ~~Action Taskforce~~! If you're reading this, you likely share our desire to see consumers treated more fairly. This article will help you to start documenting an instance of [[Mission_statement#What_is_%22new%22_consumer_protection?|"new" consumer exploitation]], so you can help us to further that cause.

Welcome to the Consumer Rights Wiki! If you're reading this, you likely share our desire to see consumers treated more fairly. This article will help you to start documenting an instance of [[Mission_statement#What_is_%22new%22_consumer_protection?|"new" consumer exploitation]], so you can help us to further that cause.

Before getting started, you need to know some of the requirements for a new article on this wiki. The [[Consumer Rights Wiki:Wiki policy index|wiki policy]] covers all the guidelines that mature articles need to follow, but reading these guidelines from start to finish may be a daunting task for new contributors. The next section describes the minimum requirements in order to write an article that can be molded into complying with these guidelines in a reasonable amount of time.

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A claim is verifiable if:

*A verifiable source can easily be found by means of an internet search, or

*A verifiable source has been referenced using the instructions in [[#Adding references]]

*A verifiable source has been referenced using the instructions in [[Adding references]]

Articles should only consist of verifiable claims. Claims that make assumptions or are based on personal experiences or isolated incidents are not valid. For example, "Motorola is pushing updates to their older phones that intentionally slow them down" would only be considered valid if a verifiable source proves it.

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==Creating an article==

To create a new article, click on the [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki:Create_page~~/many~~|Create page]] link on the sidebar.

To create a new article, click on the [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki:Create_page|Create page]] link on the sidebar.

==Adding references==

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-<span id="Creating an article"></span><!-- This prevents linking to the section of the same name below. Contributors need to read these first two paragraphs first, otherwise they risk doing a bunch of work all for nothing. -->
+<!-- This prevents linking to the section of the same name below. Contributors need to read these first two paragraphs first, otherwise they risk doing a bunch of work all for nothing. -->
 <!-- NB: Additions should only be about issues that can't be fixed in 5 minutes. Before adding to this article, consider that the longer it gets, the less users will read. -->
-Welcome to the Consumer Action Taskforce! If you're reading this, you likely share our desire to see consumers treated more fairly. This article will help you to start documenting an instance of [[Mission_statement#What_is_%22new%22_consumer_protection?|"new" consumer exploitation]], so you can help us to further that cause.
+Welcome to the Consumer Rights Wiki! If you're reading this, you likely share our desire to see consumers treated more fairly. This article will help you to start documenting an instance of [[Mission_statement#What_is_%22new%22_consumer_protection?|"new" consumer exploitation]], so you can help us to further that cause.
 Before getting started, you need to know some of the requirements for a new article on this wiki. The [[Consumer Rights Wiki:Wiki policy index|wiki policy]] covers all the guidelines that mature articles need to follow, but reading these guidelines from start to finish may be a daunting task for new contributors. The next section describes the minimum requirements in order to write an article that can be molded into complying with these guidelines in a reasonable amount of time.
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 A claim is verifiable if:
 *A verifiable source can easily be found by means of an internet search, or
-*A verifiable source has been referenced using the instructions in [[#Adding references]]
+*A verifiable source has been referenced using the instructions in [[Adding references]]
 Articles should only consist of verifiable claims. Claims that make assumptions or are based on personal experiences or isolated incidents are not valid. For example, "Motorola is pushing updates to their older phones that intentionally slow them down" would only be considered valid if a verifiable source proves it.
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 ==Creating an article==
-To create a new article, click on the [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki:Create_page/many|Create page]] link on the sidebar.
+To create a new article, click on the [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki:Create_page|Create page]] link on the sidebar.
 ==Adding references==