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If [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|the rules]] prevent you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, '''ignore them'''. |
If [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|the rules]] prevent you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, '''ignore them'''. The purpose of this policy is not to encourage recklessness, or to make every single action justifiable, but to prevent ineffective practices from overwhelming the encyclopedia. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 04:29, 9 May 2007
If the rules prevent you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore them. The purpose of this policy is not to encourage recklessness, or to make every single action justifiable, but to prevent ineffective practices from overwhelming the encyclopedia.
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References
- "IAR is policy, always has been" (edit summary by Jimbo Wales, August 19, 2006)
- "If rules make you nervous and depressed..." (original version of this concept by Larry Sanger)