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If [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|the rules]] prevent you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia's quality, '''ignore them'''. |
If [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|the rules]] prevent you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia's quality, '''ignore them'''. |
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==Corollaries== |
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* The [[Wikipedia:Snowball clause|Snowball clause]]: ''if an issue doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting an unexpected outcome from a certain process, then there is no need to run it through that process.'' |
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== Reference == |
== Reference == |
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Revision as of 17:52, 11 September 2006
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This page is an official policy on the English Wikipedia. The concept expressed below is fundamental to the encyclopedia's operation. It has a long tradition and deep, subtle meaning. Please consider this before editing the page. |
If the rules prevent you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia's quality, ignore them.
Corollaries
- The Snowball clause: if an issue doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting an unexpected outcome from a certain process, then there is no need to run it through that process.
Reference
- "IAR is policy, always has been" (edit summary by Jimbo Wales, August 19, 2006)
