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||'''This page is very important to Wikipedia.''' The nature of the page, however, makes pinning it down as "official" or a "guideline" unhelpful. Please think hard about what this page's reason for existing is and behave intelligently. [[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|Feel free]] to edit the page as needed, but please make sure that changes you make to this policy reflect [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] before you make them. |
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||This page is similar to a '''guideline''' except that we are worried someone will use it as an excuse to be a [[meta:Don't be a dick|dick]]. So it's not a guideline and you can't cite it as an excuse. But this is a good page, we like it. |
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The purpose of Wikipedia is to create an [[encyclopedia]]. Our rules serve as a flexible framework to support that purpose, but if rules make you nervous and depressed, then simply '''use common sense''' as you go about working on the encyclopedia. Being too wrapped up in rules can cause you to lose perspective, so there are times when it is best to '''ignore all rules''' ... including this one. |
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If rules make you nervous and depressed, and not desirous of participating in the Wiki, then ignore them and go about your business. |
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On occasion, rules may be disregarded if this is necessary to make the encyclopedia better. Disregarding a rule for other purposes is not good; the corollary to "Ignore all rules" is "[[Wikipedia:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point|Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point]]". |
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Ignoring all rules is about cutting through [[red tape]] to construct an encyclopedia. Remember, [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy|Wikipedia is not]] a bureaucracy. Some actions may be reasonable, even if they might be against a strict interpretation of a certain rule. Conversely, some actions that are not expressly forbidden by rule may still be obnoxious and lead to negative consequences. The spirit of the rules is more important than the letter. |
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[[Category:Wikipedia essays|Ignore all rules]] |
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[[de:Wikipedia:Ignoriere alle Regeln]] |
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[[hu:Wikipédia:Vedd semmibe az irányelveket]] |
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[[ja:Wikipedia:ルールにこだわらない]] |
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[[pl:Wikipedia:Ignoruj wszystkie zasady]] |
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[[zh:Wikipedia:忽略所有规则]] |
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==See also== |
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* [[WP:BOLD]] |
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* [[Wikipedia:Snowball clause]] |
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Revision as of 08:48, 2 January 2006
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This page is very important to Wikipedia. The nature of the page, however, makes pinning it down as "official" or a "guideline" unhelpful. Please think hard about what this page's reason for existing is and behave intelligently. Feel free to edit the page as needed, but please make sure that changes you make to this policy reflect consensus before you make them. |
The purpose of Wikipedia is to create an encyclopedia. Our rules serve as a flexible framework to support that purpose, but if rules make you nervous and depressed, then simply use common sense as you go about working on the encyclopedia. Being too wrapped up in rules can cause you to lose perspective, so there are times when it is best to ignore all rules ... including this one.
On occasion, rules may be disregarded if this is necessary to make the encyclopedia better. Disregarding a rule for other purposes is not good; the corollary to "Ignore all rules" is "Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point".
Ignoring all rules is about cutting through red tape to construct an encyclopedia. Remember, Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy. Some actions may be reasonable, even if they might be against a strict interpretation of a certain rule. Conversely, some actions that are not expressly forbidden by rule may still be obnoxious and lead to negative consequences. The spirit of the rules is more important than the letter.
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