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"If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it."
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If disruptive editing (which is a guideline) prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia which does (example exhausting the community's patience), ignore it? Sheep ( talk • he/him) 19:34, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
Hello! I don't want to misuse this talk page and bring up a specific instance of IAR, but I recently made an IAR choice and disregarding a Wikipedia guideline in a way that affects the style of, in effect, an entire page. While I think I've made the right choice—and it's ultimately a style issue rather than a content issue, so the stakes are low, I was wondering if there's some forum asking for a second opinion on IAR decisions.-- Jerome Frank Disciple 21:00, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
I remember, many years ago, on an unmentionable BADSITE written as a loose parody of this one, there was a template that got put at the top of articles sometimes. It looked like one of our maintenance templates, but instead it just said:
This article is perfect. Don't fuck with it! |
I often find myself wishing we had one of these for Wikipedia. If we did, it would belong on this policy. Twelve words -- and twelve perfect words. What beauty! What simplicity! What power! jp× g 19:12, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
Who's moronic idea was this policy? Seriously, this gives anyone the license to violates Wikipedia policies and guideliens whenever they want, as all they have to do is self-servingly declare that their edits, even if unambiguous violations, are an "improvement"! Indeed, another editor just did this. Explain this to me. Nightscream ( talk) 18:22, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I am not a lawyer, but there are Wikipedia policies with legal considerations. These rules are firmer than the regular policies. There might be needed clarifications. Thank you - Writehydra - talk page 20:37, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
The project page associated with this talk page is an official policy on Wikipedia. Policies have wide acceptance among editors and are considered a standard for all users to follow. Please review policy editing recommendations before making any substantive change to this page. Always remember to keep cool when editing, and don't panic. |
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Ignore All Rules
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Please stay calm and civil while commenting or presenting evidence, and do not make personal attacks. Be patient when approaching solutions to any issues. If consensus is not reached, other solutions exist to draw attention and ensure that more editors mediate or comment on the dispute. |
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The Ignore All Rules page is frequently reverted in good faith. Don't be offended if your edit is reverted: offer it for consensus here, before editing the actual project page. |
This page was nominated for deletion on 26 March 2008. The result of the discussion was Speedy keep. |
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This page has archives. Sections older than 90 days may be automatically archived by Lowercase sigmabot III when more than 4 sections are present. |
"If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it."
Example:
If disruptive editing (which is a guideline) prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia which does (example exhausting the community's patience), ignore it? Sheep ( talk • he/him) 19:34, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
Hello! I don't want to misuse this talk page and bring up a specific instance of IAR, but I recently made an IAR choice and disregarding a Wikipedia guideline in a way that affects the style of, in effect, an entire page. While I think I've made the right choice—and it's ultimately a style issue rather than a content issue, so the stakes are low, I was wondering if there's some forum asking for a second opinion on IAR decisions.-- Jerome Frank Disciple 21:00, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
I remember, many years ago, on an unmentionable BADSITE written as a loose parody of this one, there was a template that got put at the top of articles sometimes. It looked like one of our maintenance templates, but instead it just said:
This article is perfect. Don't fuck with it! |
I often find myself wishing we had one of these for Wikipedia. If we did, it would belong on this policy. Twelve words -- and twelve perfect words. What beauty! What simplicity! What power! jp× g 19:12, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
Who's moronic idea was this policy? Seriously, this gives anyone the license to violates Wikipedia policies and guideliens whenever they want, as all they have to do is self-servingly declare that their edits, even if unambiguous violations, are an "improvement"! Indeed, another editor just did this. Explain this to me. Nightscream ( talk) 18:22, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I am not a lawyer, but there are Wikipedia policies with legal considerations. These rules are firmer than the regular policies. There might be needed clarifications. Thank you - Writehydra - talk page 20:37, 9 March 2024 (UTC)