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This page in a nutshell: Be reasonable at all times. Anything unreasonable that is being done shouldn't be done at all. |
While Wikipedia has its set of various rules and guidelines, there is one "unofficial" rule that should be observed by all who participate in the project: the reasonability rule.
While the term seems to originate in the insurance industry (which applies a form of the reasonable rule by determining, for example, whether it is reasonable for a particular medical procedure to be done on a particular client in order to determine if the medical insurance company will pay for that procedure), it applies in many other areas, including:
Editors are urged to observe the reasonability rule when working in a massive collaborative effort such as the Electronic Encyclopedia:
Another way of looking at the reasonability rule is this: if you're involved in an action or judgment involving (or by) another person, reverse roles. If the role reversal forces a change of opinion as to whether the action or judgment is unreasonable, then the original action—with the original roles—violates the reasonability rule. Such violations should be kept to a minimum: full compliance with the reasonability rule will result in a minimum of conflict and a maximum of productivity and enjoyment for all who participate. Such is always the goal of a collaboration of any scale.
This is an
essay. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been
thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. |
This page in a nutshell: Be reasonable at all times. Anything unreasonable that is being done shouldn't be done at all. |
While Wikipedia has its set of various rules and guidelines, there is one "unofficial" rule that should be observed by all who participate in the project: the reasonability rule.
While the term seems to originate in the insurance industry (which applies a form of the reasonable rule by determining, for example, whether it is reasonable for a particular medical procedure to be done on a particular client in order to determine if the medical insurance company will pay for that procedure), it applies in many other areas, including:
Editors are urged to observe the reasonability rule when working in a massive collaborative effort such as the Electronic Encyclopedia:
Another way of looking at the reasonability rule is this: if you're involved in an action or judgment involving (or by) another person, reverse roles. If the role reversal forces a change of opinion as to whether the action or judgment is unreasonable, then the original action—with the original roles—violates the reasonability rule. Such violations should be kept to a minimum: full compliance with the reasonability rule will result in a minimum of conflict and a maximum of productivity and enjoyment for all who participate. Such is always the goal of a collaboration of any scale.