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All entries copyright (c) 2005-2010 to Zelda Wiki.org and their respective writers. This site bears no affiliation with Nintendo, nor do we guarantee that our site's content reflects their official policies. Link, Zelda, and all other characters from The Legend of Zelda series are trademarks of Nintendo.
All entries copyright (c) 2005-2010 to Zelda Wiki.org. Zelda Wiki.org bears no affiliation with Nintendo, nor do we guarantee that our site's content reflects Nintendo or any of it's beneficiaries. ''Link, Zelda, and all other official aspects of The Legend of Zelda series, including images, are trademarks of Nintendo.'' Likewise, the ten Mastermind sites (owners) of Zelda Wiki.org cannot be held responsible for the content and images that its users write and upload, and this content does necessarily reflect the views of any one owner of Zelda Wiki.org.


In addition, the various imagery on Zelda Wiki.org is user-uploaded and retrieved from various websites throughout the internet. These images may not be under the GNU Free Documentation License and should be tagged with the appropriate [[Image Templates|image template]] when necessary. If you wish to use any of these images for your own projects, please contact the webmaster of the image's source website. However, although the source of the image may have been an outside website not attributed with one of the owners of Zelda Wiki.org, that source may not hold the copyright of the image. '''Images that depict Link, Zelda, and all other characters from The Legend of Zelda series are trademarks of Nintendo, and the copyright holder is Nintendo.'''
Zelda Wiki.org is a free and open Zelda encyclopedia; in this way, because anyone may register an account and begin editing, '''we cannot guarantee the validity of our articles.''' Adverse actions, such as vandalism, keep Zelda Wiki.org from holding an irrevocable quality standard across the wiki. In our defense, Zelda Wiki.org carries out a vehement policy against vandalism and misinformation; the administrative staff maintains the highest level of rapport and discipline so that the articles of Zelda Wiki.org remain credible and legitimate. Zelda Wiki.org cannot be held responsible if unsatisfactory or inaccurate information is processed.


As this is a free and open Zelda encyclopedia, '''we also cannot guarantee the validity of our articles.''' Most of them are very accurate, however there are vandals on the internet who wish to change the content for the worse. While these are not tolerated on Zelda Wiki.org, they do happen, and therefore we cannot guarantee that the same standard of validity will hold true for every article.
In addition, because all images on Zelda Wiki.org are user-uploaded, there is a wide variety of possible sources, some of which may not be compatible with our GNU Free Documentation License. These images may be cropped from personal game ROMs, emulation devices, or found across the Internet. Images found on the Internet, especially fan art, official artwork and images from Zeldapedia and other like wikis, must be cited and sourced appropriately, attributing as to the location found and the author of the image (if applicable). Images taken from other wikis and sites must be compatible with Zelda Wiki.org's GNU Free Documentation License. Zelda Wiki.org cannot be held responsible for an image that is not correctly sourced.


Please also be advised that '''Zelda Wiki.org contains spoiler material''' that may reveal information related to The Legend of Zelda Series a reader may not have wished to know. You view Zelda Wiki.org at your own risk and Zelda Wiki.org cannot be held responsible if unsatisfactory or inaccurate information is processed. Likewise, the owners of Zelda Wiki.org (the respective webmasters of the seven sites collaborating on this project) cannot be held responsible for the content and images that its users write and upload, and this content does necessarily reflect the views of any one owner of Zelda Wiki.org.
Please also be advised that '''Zelda Wiki.org contains spoiler material''' that may reveal crucial and ending plot detail related to ''The Legend of Zelda'' series; you view Zelda Wiki.org at your own risk.

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All entries copyright (c) 2005-2010 to Zelda Wiki.org. Zelda Wiki.org bears no affiliation with Nintendo, nor do we guarantee that our site's content reflects Nintendo or any of it's beneficiaries. Link, Zelda, and all other official aspects of The Legend of Zelda series, including images, are trademarks of Nintendo. Likewise, the ten Mastermind sites (owners) of Zelda Wiki.org cannot be held responsible for the content and images that its users write and upload, and this content does necessarily reflect the views of any one owner of Zelda Wiki.org.

Zelda Wiki.org is a free and open Zelda encyclopedia; in this way, because anyone may register an account and begin editing, we cannot guarantee the validity of our articles. Adverse actions, such as vandalism, keep Zelda Wiki.org from holding an irrevocable quality standard across the wiki. In our defense, Zelda Wiki.org carries out a vehement policy against vandalism and misinformation; the administrative staff maintains the highest level of rapport and discipline so that the articles of Zelda Wiki.org remain credible and legitimate. Zelda Wiki.org cannot be held responsible if unsatisfactory or inaccurate information is processed.

In addition, because all images on Zelda Wiki.org are user-uploaded, there is a wide variety of possible sources, some of which may not be compatible with our GNU Free Documentation License. These images may be cropped from personal game ROMs, emulation devices, or found across the Internet. Images found on the Internet, especially fan art, official artwork and images from Zeldapedia and other like wikis, must be cited and sourced appropriately, attributing as to the location found and the author of the image (if applicable). Images taken from other wikis and sites must be compatible with Zelda Wiki.org's GNU Free Documentation License. Zelda Wiki.org cannot be held responsible for an image that is not correctly sourced.

Please also be advised that Zelda Wiki.org contains spoiler material that may reveal crucial and ending plot detail related to The Legend of Zelda series; you view Zelda Wiki.org at your own risk.