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It was suggested in a comment by Laurel on Trish's answer to Jen's Meta question on jurisdiction tags to edit the "Ask Question" modal. I agree that that's a good idea, especially considering the consensus to remove . Here's my suggestion for the text, partially based on the SE default:

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Most of our users are not lawyers, and even those who are do not give legal advice here.

I believe this needs a somewhat different wording since some of our biggest pointed users are working in law, though are not licensed everywhere. As such, I propose one of these setups, which might be best referenced by number:

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  • We need something as simple as possible that hits the important points that are often missed by first-time users. I think this might be starting to get too long to be useful in a quick-to-read question modal. But that is only my guess.
    – Jen
    Commented Feb 12 at 14:17
  • so even shorter: "You will not get legal advice here."?
    – Trish
    Commented Feb 12 at 14:21
  • @Jen if you have an even better proposal or find one of the three most easy, it'd be great to know which. I didn't want to clutter the questions with 3 different, so maybe vote via comment
    – Trish
    Commented Feb 14 at 11:29
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    I think #1 or #2 would probably be best. IMO, #3 focuses too much on the rules for answerers, when this is being shown to askers.
    – Someone
    Commented Feb 14 at 19:15
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    I like option 1
    – Jen
    Commented Feb 16 at 0:42

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