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Disclaimer: no guarantee of validity

SPARK makes no guarantee of validity

SPARK is a voluntary association of individuals and groups who are developing a common resource of vernacular media knowledge. It allows anyone with an Internet connection, an account, and a web browser to alter editable content. Therefore, SPARK cannot guarantee the validity of all the information found here. The validity of the information largely resides with the credibility of authors, similar to authors of good books.

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