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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-namespace">Wikipedia</span><span class="mw-page-title-separator">:</span><span class="mw-page-title-main">What "Ignore all rules" means</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%22%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%95%22%E0%A7%B0_%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF" title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:"সকলো বিধি উপেক্ষা কৰক"ৰ অৰ্থ কি – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:"সকলো বিধি উপেক্ষা কৰক"ৰ অৰ্থ কি" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:সাধারণ বিচারবুদ্ধি ব্যবহার করুন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:সাধারণ বিচারবুদ্ধি ব্যবহার করুন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Feu_servir_el_sentit_com%C3%BA" title="Viquipèdia:Feu servir el sentit comú – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia:Feu servir el sentit comú" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%A4%CE%B9_%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9_%C2%AB%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%AE%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5_%CF%8C%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%82%C2%BB" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Τι σημαίνει «Αγνοήστε όλους τους κανόνες» – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Τι σημαίνει «Αγνοήστε όλους τους κανόνες»" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Usa_el_sentido_com%C3%BAn" title="Wikipedia:Usa el sentido común – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Usa el sentido común" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%C2%AB%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%87%D9%85%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA_%DA%86%D8%B4%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AF%C2%BB_%DB%8C%D8%B9%D9%86%DB%8C_%DA%86%D9%87%D8%9F" title="ویکی‌پدیا:«از همه مقررات چشم‌پوشی کنید» یعنی چه؟ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:«از همه مقررات چشم‌پوشی کنید» یعنی چه؟" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:O_que_%22Ignore_todas_as_regras%22_significa" title="Wikipedia:O que "Ignore todas as regras" significa – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia:O que "Ignore todas as regras" significa" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%BE:%22%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%AE%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%87_%E0%AA%85%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%97%E0%AA%A3%E0%AB%8B%22%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%8B_%E0%AA%85%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A5" title="વિકિપીડિયા:"નિયમોને અવગણો"નો અર્થ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="વિકિપીડિયા:"નિયમોને અવગણો"નો અર્થ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%22%EA%B7%9C%EC%B9%99%EC%97%90_%EC%96%BD%EB%A7%A4%EC%9D%B4%EC%A7%80_%EB%A7%90%EB%9D%BC%22%EB%8A%94_%EB%A7%90%EC%9D%98_%EC%9D%98%EB%AF%B8" title="위키백과:"규칙에 얽매이지 말라"는 말의 의미 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:"규칙에 얽매이지 말라"는 말의 의미" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%22%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%22_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88" title="विकिपीडिया:"सभी नियमों को अनदेखा करें" का क्या अर्थ है – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:"सभी नियमों को अनदेखा करें" का क्या अर्थ है" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Zdrav_razum" title="Wikipedija:Zdrav razum – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Wikipedija:Zdrav razum" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Apa_maksud_%22Jangan_terbebani_aturan%22" title="Wikipedia:Apa maksud "Jangan terbebani aturan" – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Apa maksud "Jangan terbebani aturan"" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Buon_senso" title="Wikipedia:Buon senso – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikipedia:Buon senso" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%AEk%C3%AEpediya:Wateya_%22Hem%C3%BB_r%C3%AAzikan_berde%22_%C3%A7i_ye_%3F" title="Wîkîpediya:Wateya "Hemû rêzikan berde" çi ye ? – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Wîkîpediya:Wateya "Hemû rêzikan berde" çi ye ?" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5_%D0%B7%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BC" title="Википедија:Користете здрав разум – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Википедија:Користете здрав разум" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gebruik_gezond_verstand" title="Wikipedia:Gebruik gezond verstand – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wikipedia:Gebruik gezond verstand" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E5%B8%B8%E8%AD%98%E3%81%AA%E3%82%93%E3%81%A6%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84" title="Wikipedia:常識なんてない – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:常識なんてない" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Zdrowy_rozs%C4%85dek" title="Wikipedia:Zdrowy rozsądek – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wikipedia:Zdrowy rozsądek" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Folosi%C8%9Bi_bunul_sim%C8%9B" title="Wikipedia:Folosiți bunul simț – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wikipedia:Folosiți bunul simț" data-language-autonym="Română" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div style="padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><b>This is an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace#How-to_and_information_pages" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">explanatory essay</a> about the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Wikipedia:Ignore all rules</a> policy</b>. <br/><div style="font-size:90%;"> This page provides additional information about concepts in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia's policies or guidelines</a> as it has not been <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus#Levels_of_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">thoroughly vetted by the community</a>.</div></div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;line-height:1.3;margin:0}</style><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:WIARM"></span><span id="WP:IAR?"></span><span id="WP:IARMEANS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WIARM&redirect=no">WP:WIARM</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:IAR%3F&redirect=no">WP:IAR?</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:IARMEANS&redirect=no">WP:IARMEANS</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Explanatory essay about the Wikipedia:Ignore all rules policy</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice nutshell" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/30px-Walnut.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/45px-Walnut.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/60px-Walnut.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page in a nutshell:</b> Editing Wikipedia is all about making improvements, not following rules. However, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IAR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:IAR">WP:IAR</a> should not be used as a reason to make unhelpful edits.</td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="cquote pullquote" role="presentation" style="margin:auto; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 20px; vertical-align: top; border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 40px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: .6em; text-align: left; padding: 10px 10px;">“ </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; border: none; padding: 4px 10px;"><span style="font-size:125%;">If a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">rule</a> prevents you from improving or maintaining <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>, <b>ignore it</b>.</span> </td> <td style="width: 20px; vertical-align: bottom; border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 40px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: .6em; text-align: right; padding: 10px 10px;">” </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="cquotecite" style="border: none; padding-right: 4%; font-size: smaller; line-height:normal; text-align: right;"><cite>— <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Wikipedia:Ignore all rules</a></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"Rules are for fools."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>(As used by coaches/motivators)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"By all means break the rules, and break them beautifully, deliberately and well. That is one of the ends for which they exist."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bringhurst" title="Robert Bringhurst">Robert Bringhurst</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"The code is more what you call 'guidelines' than actual rules."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Captain_Barbossa" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain Barbossa">Captain Barbossa</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"The rules are only barriers to keep children from falling."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Germaine_de_Sta%C3%ABl" title="Germaine de Staël">Madame de Staël</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"Give me the judgment of balanced minds in preference to laws every time. Codes and manuals create patterned behavior. All patterned behavior tends to go unquestioned, gathering destructive momentum."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Darwi_Odrade" class="mw-redirect" title="Darwi Odrade">Darwi Odrade</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"Be a sinner and sin boldly"</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther" title="Martin Luther">Martin Luther</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Bader" title="Douglas Bader">Douglas Bader</a></cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"This policy, at its core, exists so that editors can make contributions and implement decisions that will undoubtedly improve or maintain Wikipedia, and without having to worry about every single rule, guideline, standard, esoteric courtesy, norm, nook, or cranny that might stand in the way. Following Wikipedia's policies, rules, processes, and guidelines is a very important thing to do. However, situations will arise that, given its impact or urgency, will absolutely warrant those rules to be given significantly less weight or no weight at all when it comes to stepping in and taking appropriate action. If a reader sees an abusive, threatening, or malicious edit to a page that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OUTING" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OUTING">outs</a> another editor, we'd obviously want them to remove it, right? I'm not going to care if the edit accidentally broke a template, set the formatting of a section to be off, or wasn't styled correctly... <br/><br/>This principle applies to situations far and beyond urgent situations involving abuse. This policy has allowed me to make enormous changes, improvements, and other fixes to many Wikipedia policy changes. Without it, I'd still be stuck on the talk page waiting for someone to respond to my proposal. It would take months if not years to make it through all the red tape so that I could make those improvements. In the end, rules are important and necessary when used within the right context and environment. This policy gives us the power to prioritize improving or maintaining the project over the need to follow 100% of the rules on here..."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/User:Oshwah" title="User:Oshwah">Oshwah</a></cite></div></blockquote> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_"Ignore_all_rules"_means" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_"Ignore_all_rules"_means"><span id="What_.22Ignore_all_rules.22_means"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_"Ignore_all_rules"_means"></span>What "Ignore all rules" means<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_"Ignore_all_rules"_means"></span></h2></div> <p>You do not need to read any rules before contributing to Wikipedia. If you do what seems sensible, it will usually be right, and if it's not right, don't worry. Even the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DDMP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DDMP">worst mistakes</a> are easy to correct: older versions of a page remain in the <a href="/wiki/Help:Page_history" title="Help:Page history">revision history</a> and can be restored. If we disagree with your changes, we'll talk about it thoughtfully and politely, and we'll figure out what to do. So don't worry. <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_Bold" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Be Bold">Be bold</a></b>, and enjoy helping to build this free encyclopedia. </p> <ul><li>You are not required to learn the rules before contributing. Yes, we already said that, but it is worth repeating.</li> <li>Don't follow written instructions mindlessly, but rather, consider how the encyclopedia is improved or damaged by each edit (see also <a href="#Use_common_sense">Use common sense</a>, below).</li> <li>Rules derive their power to compel not from being written down on a page labeled "guideline" or "policy", but from being a reflection of the shared opinions and practices of many editors (see also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Wikipedia:Consensus</a>).</li> <li>Most rules are ultimately <i>descriptive</i>, not <i>prescriptive</i>; they describe existing current practice. They sometimes lag behind the practices they describe (see also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Product,_process,_policy" title="Wikipedia:Product, process, policy">Wikipedia:Product, process, policy</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikilawyering" title="Wikipedia:Wikilawyering">Wikilawyering</a> doesn't work. Loopholes and technicalities do not exist on the Wiki. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_bureaucracy" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy</a>; nor <a href="/wiki/Moot_court" title="Moot court">moot court</a>, nor <a href="/wiki/Nomic" title="Nomic">nomic</a>, nor <a href="/wiki/Mao_(card_game)" title="Mao (card game)">Mao</a>.</li> <li>The spirit of the rule trumps the letter of the rule. The common purpose of building a free encyclopedia trumps both. If this common purpose is better served by ignoring the letter of a particular rule, then that rule should be ignored (see also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_rules_are_principles" title="Wikipedia:The rules are principles">Wikipedia:The rules are principles</a>).</li> <li>Following the rules is less important than using good judgment and being thoughtful and considerate, always bearing in mind that good judgment is not displayed only by those who agree with you (see also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Wikipedia:Civility</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History" data-mw-thread-id="h-History-What_"Ignore_all_rules"_means"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-History-What_"Ignore_all_rules"_means"></span>History<span data-mw-comment-end="h-History-What_"Ignore_all_rules"_means"></span></h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a> is one of the oldest rules on Wikipedia, written by <a href="/wiki/Larry_Sanger" title="Larry Sanger">Larry Sanger</a> in 2001. The <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules_to_consider&direction=next&oldid=66484">original wording</a> was a bit different from today's version. It said: <i>"If rules make you nervous and depressed, and not desirous of participating in the wiki, then ignore them entirely and go about your business."</i> </p><p>Note that while ignoring all rules is all right, it is subtly but importantly different from deliberately breaking them. Meditate on that carefully before you actually apply this rule. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_"Ignore_all_rules"_does_not_mean" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_"Ignore_all_rules"_does_not_mean"><span id="What_.22Ignore_all_rules.22_does_not_mean"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_"Ignore_all_rules"_does_not_mean"></span>What "Ignore all rules" does <i>not</i> mean<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_"Ignore_all_rules"_does_not_mean"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTIAR"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTIAR&redirect=no">WP:NOTIAR</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in cases where it does not fit, is pedantry... To apply a rule with natural ease, with judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and without ever letting the words of the rule obscure the purpose of the action or the opportunities of the situation, is mastery."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/George_P%C3%B3lya" title="George Pólya">George Pólya</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"A society which is based on the letter of the law and never reaches any higher is taking very scarce advantage of the high level of human possibilities."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn" title="Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn">Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn</a><sup id="cite_ref-harvard_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harvard-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IAR_doesn%27t_mean_this.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/IAR_doesn%27t_mean_this.jpg/250px-IAR_doesn%27t_mean_this.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="307" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/IAR_doesn%27t_mean_this.jpg/375px-IAR_doesn%27t_mean_this.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/IAR_doesn%27t_mean_this.jpg/500px-IAR_doesn%27t_mean_this.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1604" data-file-height="1972"/></a><figcaption>Sometimes you need to draw the limit</figcaption></figure><p>Despite its name, "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a>" does not sabotage the other rules. Its purpose is to keep them from sabotaging what we're doing here: building a free encyclopedia. Rules have <i>zero</i> importance compared with that goal. If they aid that goal, good. If they interfere with it, they are instantly negated. </p><ul><li>"Ignore all rules" does not prevent the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Enforcement" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Enforcement">enforcement of certain policies</a>. For example, you cannot violate <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">Wikipedia:No legal threats</a> without being blocked.</li> <li>"Ignore all rules" does not mean that every action is justifiable. It is not a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/carte_blanche" class="extiw" title="wikt:carte blanche">carte blanche</a>. Rule-breakers must justify how their actions improve the encyclopedia if challenged. Actually, everyone should be able to do that at all times. In cases of conflict, what counts as an improvement is decided by consensus.</li> <li>"Ignore all rules" does not stop you from pointing out a rule to someone who has broken it, but do consider that their judgement may have been correct, and that they almost certainly thought it was (see also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Wikipedia:Assume good faith</a>).</li> <li>"Ignore all rules" is not in itself a valid answer if someone asks you why you broke a rule. Most of the rules are derived from a lot of thoughtful experience and exist for pretty good reasons; they should therefore only be broken for good reasons.</li> <li>"Ignore all rules" is not an exemption from accountability. You're still responsible for reasonably foreseeable effects of your actions on the encyclopedia and on other editors.</li> <li>"Ignore all rules" is not an invitation to use Wikipedia for purposes contrary to that of building a free encyclopedia (see also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Wikipedia:About">Wikipedia:About</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not</a>).</li> <li>"Ignore all rules" does not mean there is necessarily an exception to every rule. A typical <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">copyright violation</a>, for instance, does not make for a better free encyclopedia.</li> <li>"Ignore all rules" is not a <a href="/wiki/Get_Out_of_Jail_Free_card" title="Get Out of Jail Free card">Get Out of Jail Free card</a>. If you are blocked or sanctioned for a rule-breaking edit that does not improve the encyclopedia, then you may not use "Ignore all rules" as a reason to be unblocked or unsanctioned.</li></ul> <p><span class="anchor" id="Use_common_sense"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Use_common_sense" data-mw-thread-id="h-Use_common_sense"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Use_common_sense"></span>Use common sense<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Use_common_sense"></span></h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:COMMON" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COMMON_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Wikipedia:COMMON (disambiguation)">WP:COMMON (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:UCS"></span><span id="WP:COMMON"></span><span id="WP:SENSE"></span><span id="WP:COMMONSENSE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UCS&redirect=no">WP:UCS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COMMON&redirect=no">WP:COMMON</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SENSE&redirect=no">WP:SENSE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COMMONSENSE&redirect=no">WP:COMMONSENSE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Wikipedia has many policies or what many consider "rules". Instead of following every rule, it is acceptable to <b>use <a href="/wiki/Common_sense" title="Common sense">common sense</a></b> as you go about editing. Being too wrapped up in rules can cause a loss of perspective, so there are times when it is better to ignore a rule. Even if a contribution "violates" the precise wording of a rule, it might still be a good contribution. Similarly, just because something is not forbidden in a written document, or is even explicitly permitted, doesn't mean it's a good idea in the given situation. Our goal is to improve Wikipedia so that it better informs readers. Being able to articulate "common sense" reasons why a change helps the encyclopedia is good, and editors should not ignore those reasons because they don't reference a bunch of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">shortcut links</a> to official policies. The <i>principle</i> of the rules—to make Wikipedia and its sister projects thrive—is more important than the letter. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editorial_discretion" title="Wikipedia:Editorial discretion">Editors must use their best judgment</a>. </p><p><b>Why isn't "use common sense" an official policy?</b> It doesn't need to be; as a fundamental principle, it is above any policy. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="No_common_sense"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="There_is_no_common_sense" data-mw-thread-id="h-There_is_no_common_sense-Use_common_sense"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-There_is_no_common_sense-Use_common_sense"></span>There is no common sense<span data-mw-comment-end="h-There_is_no_common_sense-Use_common_sense"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOCOMMON"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOCOMMON&redirect=no">WP:NOCOMMON</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody thinks he is so well supplied with it that even those most difficult to please in all other matters never desire more of it than they already possess.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes" title="René Descartes">René Descartes</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>When advancing a position or justifying an action, base your argument on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">existing agreements</a>, <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_foundation_issues" class="extiw" title="meta:Community foundation issues">community foundation issues</a>, and the <em>interests of the encyclopedia</em>, not your own common sense. Exhorting another editor to "just use common sense" is likely to be taken as insulting, for good reasons. If in a particular case you feel that literally following a rule harms the encyclopedia, or that doing something which the rules technically allow degrades it, then instead of telling someone who disagrees to use common sense, just focus on explaining why ignoring the rules will improve Wikipedia in that instance. </p><p>Be careful about citing this principle too aggressively. While it's quite acceptable to explain your own actions by saying, "it seemed like <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COMMON" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COMMON">common sense</a> to me", you should be careful not to imply that other editors are <em>lacking</em> in common sense, which may be seen as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">uncivil</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedians" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedians">Wikipedians</a> come from diverse ethnic, religious, political, cultural and ideological backgrounds and have vastly different perceptions. Other editors are likely to ascribe very different meanings and values to words and concepts than you, so try to state your arguments as fully as possible. Citing concrete <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a> is likely to be more effective than simply citing "common sense" and leaving it at that. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Diagram_and_flowchart" data-mw-thread-id="h-Diagram_and_flowchart"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Diagram_and_flowchart"></span>Diagram and flowchart<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Diagram_and_flowchart"></span></h2></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Diagram_of_IGNORE.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Diagram_of_IGNORE.svg/580px-Diagram_of_IGNORE.svg.png" decoding="async" width="580" height="545" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Diagram_of_IGNORE.svg/870px-Diagram_of_IGNORE.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Diagram_of_IGNORE.svg/1160px-Diagram_of_IGNORE.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="668" data-file-height="628"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p><i>Suppose you have an idea…</i> </p> <ul><li>Are you sure that your idea is a good one by common sense and that it improves the encyclopedia? <ul><li><i>No</i>: <b>DON'T DO IT</b></li> <li><i>Yes</i>: <ul><li>Does it break the rules? <ul><li><i>No</i>: <b>DO IT</b></li> <li><i>Yes</i>: <ul><li>Is that because the rules are wrong? <ul><li><i>No</i>: Ignore the rules and <b>DO IT</b></li> <li><i>Yes</i>: Change the rules and <b>DO IT</b></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Wikipedia:Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Understanding_IAR" title="Wikipedia:Understanding IAR">Wikipedia:Understanding IAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Exceptions_should_leave_the_rule_intact" title="Wikipedia:Exceptions should leave the rule intact">Wikipedia:Exceptions should leave the rule intact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Taking_the_road_less_traveled" title="Wikipedia:Taking the road less traveled">Wikipedia:Taking the road less traveled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reasonability_Rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Reasonability Rule">Wikipedia:Reasonability Rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Follow_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Follow all rules">Wikipedia:Follow all rules</a></li> <li><a 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalreview.com/document/document060603.asp">the original</a> on 8 June 2003.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Review&rft.atitle=A+World+Split+Apart&rft.date=1978-06-08&rft.aulast=Solzhenitsyn&rft.aufirst=Aleksandr&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Fdocument%2Fdocument060603.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWikipedia%3AWhat+%22Ignore+all+rules%22+means" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDescartes1637" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes" title="René Descartes">Descartes, René</a> (1637). <i><a href="/wiki/Discourse_on_the_Method" title="Discourse on the Method">Le Discours de la Méthode</a></i>. Part I, incipit. <q><i>Le bon sens est la chose du monde la mieux partagée; car chacun pense en être si bien pourvu, que ceux même qui sont les plus difficiles à contenter en toute autre chose n'ont point coutume d'en désirer plus qu'ils en ont.</i></q> [<i>Common sense is the most widely shared thing in the world; everyone thinks they are so well equipped with it, that even those who are the most difficult to please in anything else are not in the habit of wanting more than they have.</i>]</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Le+Discours+de+la+M%C3%A9thode&rft.pages=Part+I%2C+incipit&rft.date=1637&rft.aulast=Descartes&rft.aufirst=Ren%C3%A9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWikipedia%3AWhat+%22Ignore+all+rules%22+means" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal.">(?)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="defines the scope of the encyclopedia and the material that is suitable for it">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Copyright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright violations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Medicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include copies of lengthy primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Don't create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Conduct <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="describes how editors can successfully collaborate and what behavior is acceptable">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Paid-contribution disclosure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a></li> <li><a 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title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Deletion <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Biographies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Criteria for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">Attack page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Enforcement <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the various means by which standards may be enforced">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">Page protection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Editing <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="documents the various protocols about style and grouping">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary style</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad-concept_article" title="Wikipedia:Broad-concept article">Broad-concept article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Style</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Contents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates 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