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New articles must, at a minimum, meet the following three requirements:
New articles must, at a minimum, meet the following three requirements:
=== Issues must be systemic ===
This wiki is not the place to document isolated incidents, such as a company who unfairly rejected a few warranty claims or a plumbing contractor who charged you more than they should have. The incidents documented in this wiki have affected large amounts of consumers.
The following examples were summarized from the [[Consumer Action Taskforce:Moderator_guidelines#Example_application_of_rules|moderator guidelines]]:
; Not systemic
:* Amazon broke into my garage.
:* AppleCare replaced my Apple Watch multiple times, costing me nearly $1,300. All replacements were scratched and lacked functionality.
; Systemic
:* Galaxy Fold blank screen update: The Galaxy Fold received an update that caused auto-rotate failures, blank screens and sound problems in many devices. Samsung only offered paid repairs, claiming that the issue affected only 3% of users.
:* Motorola warranty issue: Users report extended service times and denied warranty claims across different countries with their devices, which started experiencing issues after updates under Lenovo ownership.


=== Claims must be easily verifiable ===
=== Claims must be easily verifiable ===
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The next section explains how to create your first article on the wiki.
The next section explains how to create your first article on the wiki.
=== Issues must be systemic ===
This wiki is not the place to document isolated incidents, such as a company who unfairly rejected a few warranty claims or a plumbing contractor who charged you more than they should have. The incidents documented in this wiki have affected large amounts of consumers.
The following examples were summarized from the [[Consumer Action Taskforce:Moderator_guidelines#Example_application_of_rules|moderator guidelines]]:
; Not systemic
:* Amazon broke into my garage.
:* AppleCare replaced my Apple Watch multiple times, costing me nearly $1,300. All replacements were scratched and lacked functionality.
; Systemic
:* Galaxy Fold blank screen update: The Galaxy Fold received an update that caused auto-rotate failures, blank screens and sound problems in many devices. Samsung only offered paid repairs, claiming that the issue affected only 3% of users.
:* Motorola warranty issue: Users report extended service times and denied warranty claims across different countries with their devices, which started experiencing issues after updates under Lenovo ownership.


== Creating an article ==
== Creating an article ==
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