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for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Introduction"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Introduction</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#%22Strand_A_and_B%22_Tradition"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">"Strand A and B" Tradition</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Commentary:_Introduction"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Commentary: Introduction</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Fragment_1:_Creation"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 1: Creation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Fragment_2:_The_Fall_of_the_Other"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 2: The Fall of the Other</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Fragment_3:_The_Five_Pillars"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 3: The Five Pillars</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Fragment_4:_The_Manual_of_Style"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 4: The Manual of Style</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Fragment_5:_(Unnamed:_Concerning_purging)"><span class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 5: (Unnamed: Concerning purging)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Fragment_6:_The_Rise_of_the_WMF"><span class="tocnumber">2.7</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 6: The Rise of the WMF</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Fragment_7:_The_'Crats"><span class="tocnumber">2.8</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 7: The 'Crats</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Fragment_8:_On_Arbs_(and_their_Mandate)"><span class="tocnumber">2.9</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 8: On Arbs (and their Mandate)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Fragment_9:_The_Great_War"><span class="tocnumber">2.10</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 9: The Great War</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Fragment_10:_The_Redemption_of_a_Vandal/Sockmaster"><span class="tocnumber">2.11</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 10: The Redemption of a Vandal/Sockmaster</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Commentary:_On_the_loss_of_portions_of_the_Histories"><span class="tocnumber">2.12</span> <span class="toctext">Commentary: On the loss of portions of the Histories</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Fragment_11:_The_Story_of_Commons"><span class="tocnumber">2.13</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 11: The Story of Commons</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Fragment_11_:_Source_B"><span class="tocnumber">2.14</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 11 : <i>Source B</i></span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Fragment_12"><span class="tocnumber">2.15</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 12</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Fragment_13"><span class="tocnumber">2.16</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 13</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Fragment_14"><span class="tocnumber">2.17</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 14</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Fragment_15"><span class="tocnumber">2.18</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 15</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Commentary"><span class="tocnumber">2.19</span> <span class="toctext">Commentary</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-22"><a href="#Fragment"><span class="tocnumber">2.19.1</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Fragment_18"><span class="tocnumber">2.20</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 18</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-24"><a href="#Commentary_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.20.1</span> <span class="toctext">Commentary</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-25"><a href="#Fragment_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.20.2</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-26"><a href="#Another_fragment"><span class="tocnumber">2.20.3</span> <span class="toctext">Another fragment</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="#Fragment_19"><span class="tocnumber">2.21</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 19</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="#Fragment_20"><span class="tocnumber">2.22</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 20</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-29"><a href="#Translation_portion_from_User:Sn1per:"><span class="tocnumber">2.22.1</span> <span class="toctext">Translation portion from User:Sn1per:</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-30"><a href="#Fragment_21"><span class="tocnumber">2.23</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 21</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-31"><a href="#Fragment_22"><span class="tocnumber">2.24</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 22</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-32"><a href="#The_Strand_C_Tradition"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">The Strand C Tradition</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-33"><a href="#Commentary:_Differences_with_the_Strand_A&B_Tradition"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Commentary: Differences with the Strand A&B Tradition</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-34"><a href="#Fragment_1:_(Unnamed,_possibly_relating_to_Adopt-A-User)"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 1: (Unnamed, possibly relating to Adopt-A-User)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-35"><a href="#Fragment_2:_The_RfA"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 2: The RfA</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-36"><a href="#Fragment_3:_The_Dispute_Resolution"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 3: The Dispute Resolution</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-37"><a href="#Fragment_4:_The_Meditation_of_Jimbo_Wales"><span class="tocnumber">3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 4: The Meditation of Jimbo Wales</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-38"><a href="#Fragment_5"><span class="tocnumber">3.6</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 5</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-39"><a href="#Strand_D"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Strand D</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-40"><a href="#Strand_E"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Strand E</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-41"><a href="#Commentary_3"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Commentary</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-42"><a href="#Fragment_1"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Fragment 1</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-43"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Introduction" data-mw-thread-id="h-Introduction"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Introduction"></span>Introduction<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Introduction"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Introduction" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>The writings below are fragments of an ongoing effort to collate portions of the earlier history and philosophy of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>, which have become part of the social mythology that, according to current scholars,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution.">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> is one of the more important philosophies of the third millennium.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources.">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>There are a number of distinct traditions on how the mythic "Wikipedia" and certain aspects of it are represented, but in the analysis below three major strands have been considered. Of these, the Strand A&B tradition may be the one Western scholars and most modern "Wikipedians" would be familiar with. However, there also exists a third tradition ("Strand C") which draws on possibly older Eastern origins. </p><p>Prior to "Wikipedia", there were earlier writings, both on the concept of a universal knowledge and on the responsibilities of those that would seek and share it. Most modern scholars<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution.">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> now consider the concepts espoused by Timothy of Gevena upon which <a href="/wiki/Ward_Cunningham" title="Ward Cunningham">Cunningham</a> expanded in the New World to have been the starting points for what became "Wikipedia". However, it should be noted that, on the philosophical side, the teachings of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Stallman" title="Richard Stallman">Saint IGNUcius</a> have also been a major influence.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution.">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The "Strand A&B" and "Strand C" traditions differ in some concepts. For example, the Strand A&B tradition elevates "the Founder" to a semi-deified status in certain places, compared to "Strand C", where "the Founder" is described as being "the wisest of many Masters",<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><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources.">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> making the Founder altogether more human and less mythical. Strand A&B also makes an early reference to "the Other", whose name is unknown to history; Strand C makes little mention of this figure directly, or considers them as a dissenting opinion amongst the many teachers that have shaped Wikipedia. In Strand C, there is at times a greater influence on an individual Wikipedian(s) understanding their own view of Wikipedia with a view to enlightenment, as compared to Strand A&B's suggestion that the Wikipedian has a more formal relationship with Wikipedia, it being a creation of "the Founder", something not present in the "Strand C" tradition. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id='"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition' data-mw-thread-id='h-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span id=".22Strand_A_and_B.22_Tradition"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>"Strand A and B" Tradition<span data-mw-comment-end='h-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=2" title='Edit section: "Strand A and B" Tradition' class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commentary:_Introduction" data-mw-thread-id='h-Commentary:_Introduction-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Commentary:_Introduction-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Commentary: Introduction<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Commentary:_Introduction-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Commentary: Introduction" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The passages here represent an ongoing attempt to translate certain portions of the recently uncovered read-see scrollbacks to modern English, which were discovered during the transfer of materials between data centers. The portions reproduced below represent only a small portion of what was clearly before portions were lost a considerably larger body of early millennial writings as to the history and philosophy of the Wikipedia and later Wikimedia peoples, such as the later "Edit Histories" mentioned in the 8th fragment. The causes for the loss of some of the portions are currently understood to have occurred during the various migrations of the "Wikipedia" (later "Wikimedia") seat of power. </p><p>Certain commentary has been inserted by the use of footnotes, and the contribution of others with experience in early millennial works, or the Wikimedia group of peoples, is appreciated. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_1:_Creation" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_1:_Creation-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_1:_Creation-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 1: Creation<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_1:_Creation-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fragment 1: Creation" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>In the beginning there was the Internet. The F<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r920966791">.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps-smaller{font-size:85%}</style><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span><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> perceived it without wisdom open,<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> and void and said, "Let there be Wikipedia," and it was so. [The F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> saw that] it was good. </p><p>On the second day, the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> saw that the "Wikipedia" needed many to shape it<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> and said, "Let any of these many who wants to edit Wikipedia be able to do so," and it was so. And the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> saw that the "Wikipedia" needed parts.<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> And the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> moved across the face of "Wikipedia" and divided it into name-spaces. The F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> called one part Main and the other Talk, and the Main was for the wisdom,<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> and the Talk was for discussion. </p><p>On the third day, the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> saw that in the "Wikipedia" was that which would undermine the creation, and said, "Let there be those that shall protect the creation," and it was so, as the admins were created. And the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> said, "Let all vandals be blocked, and let those protecting the creation, block the vandals," and the admins came into their role, and it was so. </p><p>On the fourth day, the admins were voted down at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RfA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RfA">RfA</a> but <a href="/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales" title="User:Jimbo Wales">Jimbo</a> let them go rogue. </p><p>On the fifth day, the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> saw that the many and the admins were burdened with repetitive tasks, which curtailed their ability to add wisdom to His creation; and the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> said, "Let there be those in form who shall free the users (and admins).<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> May these forms be called Bots, and may they serve the editors," and made it so. </p><p>On the sixth day, he said, "Let Wikipedia be able to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AfD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AfD">delete articles</a>, if the community finds them not worthy of their inclusion," and made it so. </p><p>And on the seventh day, Jimbo edited... </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_2:_The_Fall_of_the_Other" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_2:_The_Fall_of_the_Other-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_2:_The_Fall_of_the_Other-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 2: The Fall of the Other<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_2:_The_Fall_of_the_Other-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Fragment 2: The Fall of the Other" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>... And amongst the wise counsel was the Other who stood against the views of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> and voiced that those who were expert should have status over others.<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> Yet the counsel of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span>, whilst respecting the Other's views, held great concern, for to hold experts dominion would be to corrupt the free creation that the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> had established; and the Other voiced again their concern, for many was the Other's perceived wisdom of experts. And yet did the counsel of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> not move upon the view of the Other. In frustration did the Other cast themselves out from the counsel of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span>, and fell outside it. And though the Other had done much to further the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> creation, their view for the dominion of experts had cast them from the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> counsel. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_3:_The_Five_Pillars" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_3:_The_Five_Pillars-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_3:_The_Five_Pillars-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 3: The Five Pillars<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_3:_The_Five_Pillars-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fragment 3: The Five Pillars" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> created <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:5P" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:5P">Five Sacred Pillars</a> on Wikipedia to make sure his creation was stable. "Wikipedia must be set from these statements: that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, that Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view, that Wikipedia is free content that anyone may use, that contributors must treat each other with respect and civility, and that Wikipedia has no firm rules," the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> proclaimed. And the Wikipedians followed these pillars, and built Wikipedia upon them. And the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> thought it was good; and this was so. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_4:_The_Manual_of_Style" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_4:_The_Manual_of_Style-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_4:_The_Manual_of_Style-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 4: The Manual of Style<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_4:_The_Manual_of_Style-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Fragment 4: The Manual of Style" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>But Jimbo<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was not content. So he decided to create a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MOS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MOS">manual of style</a>, which governed the article-writing of Wikipedia. The manual of style was applauded by many editors, although opposed by some. "All articles will now be written according to the Manual of Style!" proclaimed Jimbo.<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> The Wikipedians faithfully followed these orders, which are to be followed as long as the "Wikipedia" exists. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_5:_(Unnamed:_Concerning_purging)" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_5:_(Unnamed:_Concerning_purging)-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span id="Fragment_5:_.28Unnamed:_Concerning_purging.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_5:_(Unnamed:_Concerning_purging)-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 5: (Unnamed: Concerning purging)<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_5:_(Unnamed:_Concerning_purging)-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Fragment 5: (Unnamed: Concerning purging)" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </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">The translation here is still under development, and may date from a later period than Fragment 6 below.</div> <p>And it came to pass that in the time of [indistinct], there was a user on the "Wikipedia", who, thinking himself thusly filled with the spirit of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span>, began his righteous action to rid the Wikipedia's creation of a scourge which was in those days present within the "Wikipedia". The user saw this scourge as the non-compliance with "policy"<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of certain works "from that beyond"<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wikipedia. But yet this user did not stop to consider the pains that his false spirit was to inflict. And much was purged... Eventually was a tribunal called, and many were the called, to present grievance as to the user's false spirit... The user argued, but it was not to reason, for the tribunal cast out the user from the "Wikipedia", advising that this user's example should serve as a warning to those that should take false spirit in protecting the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> creation thereafter. Now the tribunal was ended by an entity, that which operates through agreement. But this agreement was rife with attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_6:_The_Rise_of_the_WMF" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_6:_The_Rise_of_the_WMF-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_6:_The_Rise_of_the_WMF-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 6: The Rise of the WMF<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_6:_The_Rise_of_the_WMF-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Fragment 6: The Rise of the WMF" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>And in the time of Two-Thousand and Three, Jimbo proclaimed, "There shall be a body overseeing Wikipedia, and I shall name it the WMF."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jimbo and his advisers became the heads of the WMF, and Jimbo said, "Let this be known as the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation#Board_of_Trustees" title="Wikimedia Foundation">WMF Board of Trustees</a>." And the WMF created "Wikibooks", "Wikivoyage", and many more Wikis to advance the betterment of mankind.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_7:_The_'Crats" data-mw-thread-id="h-Fragment_7:_The_'Crats-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition"><span id="Fragment_7:_The_.27Crats"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Fragment_7:_The_'Crats-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition"></span>Fragment 7: The 'Crats<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Fragment_7:_The_'Crats-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Fragment 7: The 'Crats" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>... And thus Jimbo said, "And these shall be 'crats,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> those who judge the agreement."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, the 'crats were created. These 'crats also were also granted the ability to dismantle those bots that were broken, and assent to the approval of those that are new and without fault... Therefore, they were none who should be given the great powers without debate under the approval of eighty-five users from one hundred. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_8:_On_Arbs_(and_their_Mandate)" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_8:_On_Arbs_(and_their_Mandate)-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span id="Fragment_8:_On_Arbs_.28and_their_Mandate.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_8:_On_Arbs_(and_their_Mandate)-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 8: On Arbs (and their Mandate)<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_8:_On_Arbs_(and_their_Mandate)-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Fragment 8: On Arbs (and their Mandate)" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Much of this fragment is still an issue of dispute amongst Wikipedia scholars.</div> <p>... And as the Wikipedians prospered, many disputes arose. And such was that these disputes brought shame upon not just the Wikipedians. And great was the torment in these times that even the admins, with the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> wailed into the Talk for relief. And yet the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> was seen as weak ... </p><p>... An Arb must be respected... ... An Arb must have the integrity of their<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> peers... ... An Arb must be of learning sufficient of the creation of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span>... ... An Arb shall be 'elected'<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by learned Wikipedians, but shall hold office only by the grace of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span>, and his counsel...<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_9:_The_Great_War" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_9:_The_Great_War-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_9:_The_Great_War-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 9: The Great War<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_9:_The_Great_War-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Fragment 9: The Great War" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>...And so was the unfolding of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> creation recorded in the "Edit Histories"... </p><p>And so Wikipedia found itself in the midst of a great war on Vandals.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The noble fighters of this terrible war dealt with the most hideous of creatures, some who split into "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SOCK">sockpuppets</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> some who are "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PROMO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PROMO">promoting</a>", and some who are "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLANK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLANK">Page Blanking</a>", and these admins and rollbackers keep guard at the gates of Wikipedia, constantly repelling the horde of vandals. And some fighters created tools to more effectively fight off these vandals, such as the sword of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TW" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TW">Twinkle</a>, the spear of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HUG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HUG">Huggle</a>, and the famed vandal tracker, the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CHAT" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Wikipedia:CHAT">IRC</a>. And they created templates to deal with these vandals, and perhaps persuade these monsters from their evil course, and take them to the side of the light. And the great generals of the Vandals, the "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:LTA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:LTA">long-term abusers</a>", are the greatest threat to the Wikipedia, and as such admins take special precautions to deal with these powerful beings.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The war is endless, with chaos and carnage abundant, and as both sides constantly fight, barriers were raised, such as the barrier of the "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AUTOC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AUTOC">autoconfirmed</a>", created by the admins, and the "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ECP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ECP">30/500</a>" protection, created by the Arbs.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_10:_The_Redemption_of_a_Vandal/Sockmaster" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_10:_The_Redemption_of_a_Vandal/Sockmaster-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span id="Fragment_10:_The_Redemption_of_a_Vandal.2FSockmaster"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_10:_The_Redemption_of_a_Vandal/Sockmaster-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 10: The Redemption of a Vandal/Sockmaster<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_10:_The_Redemption_of_a_Vandal/Sockmaster-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Fragment 10: The Redemption of a Vandal/Sockmaster" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p><b>Translation from <a href="/wiki/User:Sn1per" title="User:Sn1per">User:Sn1per</a>:</b> </p><p>An editor was there; he was a chief sockmaster and was rich in socks. He wanted to see who the new sysop was, so he vandalized many important articles, because the sysop was going to pass that way. When the sysop came to the articles, the sysop<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> said to the sockmaster, "Hurry and come down, for I must work on a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GAN">GAN</a> with you." </p><p>So the sockmaster hurried down and was happy to welcome him. The sockmaster said to the sysop, "Here and now I give up all of my socks, and if I have vandalized any article, I will rebuild it four times as much." The sysop said, "Today salvation has come to this sockmaster, because this man, too, is an editor." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commentary:_On_the_loss_of_portions_of_the_Histories" data-mw-thread-id='h-Commentary:_On_the_loss_of_portions_of_the_Histories-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Commentary:_On_the_loss_of_portions_of_the_Histories-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Commentary: On the loss of portions of the Histories<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Commentary:_On_the_loss_of_portions_of_the_Histories-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Commentary: On the loss of portions of the Histories" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>It should be noted that in places the Edit Histories are incomplete. Sometimes this is due to a technical loss, but in other cases the loss of the history is down to a deliberate suppression.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon.">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In some instances this has occurred sometime after the nominal history concerned. </p><p>Early on, there was no suppression of history, but at a later date, the admins and Arbs sought to suppress portions of the history,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources.">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> for varied reasons. In some serious cases where the Arbs had deemed that Vandals had "subvertyed ye true accounte, wyth such Malyce that no policy-fearyng contribtor, should truste it for their soul," the history was removed utterly from public gaze, with only a few specially appointed clerks being granted viewing access.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_11:_The_Story_of_Commons" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_11:_The_Story_of_Commons-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_11:_The_Story_of_Commons-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 11: The Story of Commons<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_11:_The_Story_of_Commons-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Fragment 11: The Story of Commons" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>And so was <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons" title="Wikimedia Commons">Commons</a> created, and it was good. Now came a faithful admin, who did uncover a horrible image. The admin called out to the great gathering at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AN">WP:AN</a>, and informed all about the image. The admins were sorely confused, and asked, "What be this?". And in their shame the users did not know. One wise admin, with great cunning, deleted the image. And all was good, until another image was created. And lo, did the admins create the template <a href="/wiki/Template:Nopenis" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Nopenis">nopenis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "There shall be no immodesty without context, we declare," spake the mighty crat, leader of the admins and judge of agreement. And so, the users had learned a lesson, and the wisdom of the great Wikipedia prevailed even unto the last day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_11_:_Source_B" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_11_:_Source_B-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_11_:_Source_B-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 11 : <i>Source B</i><span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_11_:_Source_B-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Fragment 11 : Source B" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This shares similar themes with other Fragment 11 given, suggesting an unlocated proto-source.</div> <p>"And lo did the Wikipedians come forth in the inquity, and post that which should not. And were the admins confused, and asked "What be this?". And in their shame did the users not know that their immodesty was of concern. And a user was concerned, and raised cry with the admins. And the admins did come forth in wrath. "Why is it that you are angry?" wailed the users. "You have shown that which is not to be shared without context!" came the reply. And the users looked upon themselves and their uploads, and saw that context there was none. "We are ashamed!" said the users. "You are ashamed," said the Admins, "but that from henceforth you shall know the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> will<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of context." And henceforth it was decreed that from that day on that there should be no immodesty without context, and was proclaimed and decreed as such." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_12" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_12-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_12-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 12<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_12-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Fragment 12" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>And did the new admin find that the unrighteous set upon him. And nor did he flinch but bore each blow. Yet still the admin sought the guidance of the other elders, and was told: "Test not the resolve of the admin, for in jest shall the vandal make thy fool; but in shame shall the fool see the repentance and misery upon him, and if the fool shall not see his foolishness, then the admin shall rebuke him, and deny him that which the admin holds by gift of the elders with the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span>...And to be denied the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> truth is shame upon shame, misery upon misery...For he that shall noteth see that the fool may be seen in earnest foolish." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_13" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_13-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_13-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 13<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_13-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Fragment 13" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This is from the Strand A&B tradition, but would seem to be an intermediate commentary on the role of the appointed guardians of the Founder's truth, than part of the original writings as such.</div> <p>"It is not that preponderance of works that shall endear the candidate but the character and context of such works... All can perform works. But is it the work down for unselfish end that should be recognised? Ask we that of ourselves? Are all works performed unselfish? Do we truly commit works for the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> end? Or for our own? And when we commit our trust should we not ask more of such works we recognise? Recognise, must we, the unselfish, in true intent of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span>..." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_14" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_14-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_14-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 14<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_14-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Fragment 14" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>"He that impersonateth an admin, shall encounter, shame on shame, misery on misery... And so shall ALL that doth counterfeit those from whose hand there is hand back to the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span>, shall be cast aside, as corruption. For to subvert the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> hand, is corruption..." And if cast to corruption, shame is upon shame and misery is upon misery!" And the admin shall rebuke, and the corruption shall be pyute out. And the vessell of the corruption shall be cleansed! And the cleansed vessel shall be brought into the tough love of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span>!" </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_15" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_15-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_15-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 15<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_15-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Fragment 15" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commentary" data-mw-thread-id='h-Commentary-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Commentary-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Commentary<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Commentary-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Commentary" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>This fragment appears to be a commentary on how contributors should challenge content that was not thought to be 'helpful'. The reference to works, may indicate some connection with the various process by which a contributor may challenge file uploads which do not have a use or obvious purpose...) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fragment" data-mw-thread-id="h-Fragment-Commentary"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Fragment-Commentary"></span>Fragment<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Fragment-Commentary"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Fragment" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>"For as we build upon the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> vision, so such works may each contribute to help expand the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> vision and in whose creation we share...And thus to us, the expanders of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> creation, doth it fall to challenge that which strengtheneth not the creation, and which may dilute it, and so he that challenges the dilution is righteous for his defence of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> creation. But with righteousness should come caution... for who shall be infallible? When seeking to challenge that considered dilute, shall we not ask, and be sure that what is charged shall be as such? May not the challenger be justly righteous also? And check harder the cause of his claim of dilution? Lest they themselves be the challenged? Challenge dilution justly, and you shall be valued amongst the expanders of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> creation, even if there shall be those of doubt...but challenge in false value, and poor shall be the words of the challenge..." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_18" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_18-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_18-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 18<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_18-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Fragment 18" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 20px;height: 14px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" data-alt="[icon]" data-width="20" data-height="14" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Commentary_2" data-mw-thread-id="h-Commentary_2-Fragment_18"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Commentary_2-Fragment_18"></span>Commentary<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Commentary_2-Fragment_18"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Commentary" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>This is a fragment which deals with the gift that is granted to users when they first become part of the Wikipedia/Wikimedia movement. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fragment_2" data-mw-thread-id="h-Fragment_2-Fragment_18"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Fragment_2-Fragment_18"></span>Fragment<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Fragment_2-Fragment_18"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Fragment" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>".. But how many of the "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AUTOC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AUTOC">autoconfirmed</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> understand the commitment it offers? That they are offered freely the gift of being part of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> creation... A gift that is given in trust... A trust and good faith not just of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span>, but each and all that have been an active part of building the expansion of the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> vision?" </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Another_fragment" data-mw-thread-id="h-Another_fragment-Fragment_18"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Another_fragment-Fragment_18"></span>Another fragment<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Another_fragment-Fragment_18"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Another fragment" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>"And there came a reader of many articles, and he chanced upon a link, and was distressed, for the link led him nowhere. And he took up his keyboard, and removed from the link a single character, and behold! The link led all readers to a useful site. The F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder</span> smiled, seeing Wikipedia was better for losing that character. And the reader went forth an editor from that day." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_19" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_19-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_19-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 19<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_19-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Fragment 19" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>"And lo, it came to pass that a contributor on the English Wikipedia was distressed, and weary from his task of expanding the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> creation... </p><p>And the contributor called out to the admins, "Why cannot I break?" </p><p>And the admins said, "You may break, but you shall mark it so that others shall observe your absence, so that you may not be brought upon their presence or ours unnecessarily." And the contributor asked, "How should I mark this place?" </p><p>And the admins conferred and gave the contributor a sign with which to mark his place. "This mark," they said, "shall be the mark of "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WB">Wikibreak</a>", and you shall use it to mark wisely when you shall be absent." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_20" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_20-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_20-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 20<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_20-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Fragment 20" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>And it came to pass, that a contributor was much tired of another that did mock their efforts and did harass them painfully. The contributor being sound did ask the admins for solace, and came in faith to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ANI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ANI">WP:ANI</a>. But solace sought did the harasser continue, and did begin to canvass amongst the admin for their lies. And an admin of solace, saw the drama and sought the authority of an arb for guidance. ... </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translation_portion_from_User:Sn1per:" data-mw-thread-id="h-Translation_portion_from_User:Sn1per:-Fragment_20"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Translation_portion_from_User:Sn1per:-Fragment_20"></span>Translation portion from <a href="/wiki/User:Sn1per" title="User:Sn1per">User:Sn1per</a>:<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Translation_portion_from_User:Sn1per:-Fragment_20"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Translation portion from User:Sn1per:" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>And so did the arbs call upon <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ANI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ANI">WP:ANI</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Where are the editors which edited last night? Bring them out to us, so that we may know their edits!" </p><p>And the editor went out to them and said, "I beg you, do not act so wickedly. Look, I have two articles which have not known reverts; let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please." </p><p>An arb, being merciful to them, brought the editor out of the drama; he said, "Flee for your life; do not look back, or else you will be banned." </p><p>Then the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ARBCOM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ARBCOM">arbcom</a> rained upon the harassers blocks and bans; but the editor's friend looked back at an article in its final moments, and they became a pillar of blocks.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_21" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_21-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_21-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 21<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_21-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Fragment 21" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>And in the Great War<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> did the vandals seek tactics new, and so did the admins, ken in time, once vanquished, came again did they as hydras, born anew. </p><p>And did a person kenning in the ways of the sockmaster advise them fair, and form place, where fount of such deceits could be trapped, and their avatars found yet swiftly more. </p><p>"Fear foul, the untamed sock-master," said he of the kenning, "for director of lies deceit is he, and many the pains of his puppets sent be. He is the evil one, the darkness and corruption for ken not the light of the true editor does he. He is deceiver, and shall not ken the F<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">ounder's</span> creation in light, until bound much is he!" </p><p>"But how will ken true we, a deceiver when ken we come across the same?" they sought. </p><p>"The sock shall be kenning by his manner, for one sock shall match his pair, as a Duck shall match her kin, and not one, but twice or thrice, may a sock deceitful, match other. Compare then the manner of the socks with familiar of their being, and cast them unto <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SPI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPI">WP:SPI</a>! </p><p>For in WP:SPI, one kenning greatly, deceits and ways of the sockmaster shall compare also and out-cast them vigorously proven!" </p><p>And so did the war continue, as WP:SPI sought ever to trap pair unto twice, or thrice, the socks and their masters-in-corruption! </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_22" data-mw-thread-id='h-Fragment_22-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'><span data-mw-comment-start="" id='h-Fragment_22-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span>Fragment 22<span data-mw-comment-end='h-Fragment_22-"Strand_A_and_B"_Tradition'></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Fragment 22" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The confirmed users, knowing that some may be seeking genuine intervention, proclaimed that if any of the admins they needed, then to summon the admins, a special invocation may be spoken in any place of discord,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> if the person speaking shall have genuine need of the admins. Upon speaking the word, the power of the admins would thus be invoked ... And lo, did the foolish noob speak the words of summoning without cause; and came forth the admins; seeking whom should causeth of their summoning, and in vain found thus such summoning, did rebuke the noob most strongly. And the noob was struck with remorse for their actions... </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="The_Strand_C_Tradition" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_Strand_C_Tradition"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_Strand_C_Tradition"></span>The Strand C Tradition<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_Strand_C_Tradition"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: The Strand C Tradition" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>The following fragments appear to be from a completely different origin than those of the A and B series, suggesting that at some point the Wikipedians were in contact with external groups, or that another culture was tolerated or even assimilated. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commentary:_Differences_with_the_Strand_A&B_Tradition" data-mw-thread-id="h-Commentary:_Differences_with_the_Strand_A&B_Tradition-The_Strand_C_Tradition"><span id="Commentary:_Differences_with_the_Strand_A.26B_Tradition"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Commentary:_Differences_with_the_Strand_A&B_Tradition-The_Strand_C_Tradition"></span>Commentary: Differences with the Strand A&B Tradition<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Commentary:_Differences_with_the_Strand_A&B_Tradition-The_Strand_C_Tradition"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Commentary: Differences with the Strand A&B Tradition" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 20px;height: 14px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" data-alt="[icon]" data-width="20" data-height="14" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_1:_(Unnamed,_possibly_relating_to_Adopt-A-User)" data-mw-thread-id="h-Fragment_1:_(Unnamed,_possibly_relating_to_Adopt-A-User)-The_Strand_C_Tradition"><span id="Fragment_1:_.28Unnamed.2C_possibly_relating_to_Adopt-A-User.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Fragment_1:_(Unnamed,_possibly_relating_to_Adopt-A-User)-The_Strand_C_Tradition"></span>Fragment 1: (Unnamed, possibly relating to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Adopt-A-User" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Adopt-A-User">Adopt-A-User</a>)<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Fragment_1:_(Unnamed,_possibly_relating_to_Adopt-A-User)-The_Strand_C_Tradition"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Fragment 1: (Unnamed, possibly relating to Adopt-A-User)" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>"... And once the wise master found his pupil at the terminal in a concerned mood. "What is wrong?" asked the Master.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Someone is wrong!" said the pupil. "Wrong, you know he is?" asked the Master. "They are wrong!" said the pupil. Again the Master asked the question. "Wrong, know you he is?" Puzzled, the Student said "I know he is wrong!". The master asked a third time: "Wrong, KNOW you he is?". "Yes!" said the pupil, "I know he's wrong, because he's wrong". The Master smiled: "And how do they know someone is wrong? Do they falsity push? Do iniquity whine they?", "No?" said the pupil quizzically. "They are just wrong!" "Could, wrong it not be, you are? So, why wrong assume?" said the Master. "Could wrong be someone not, and wrong you be?" </p><p>The pupil smiled, for the Master had shown him a glimpse of enlightenment. ..." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_2:_The_RfA" data-mw-thread-id="h-Fragment_2:_The_RfA-The_Strand_C_Tradition"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Fragment_2:_The_RfA-The_Strand_C_Tradition"></span>Fragment 2: The RfA<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Fragment_2:_The_RfA-The_Strand_C_Tradition"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Fragment 2: The RfA" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>And there was a dispute at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFA">RfA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wise bureaucrats had to decide if this editor's noble quest to become an admin would succeed. There was a great dispute, with some wise and noble editors supporting, and some opposing. And as the convention of 'crats met, they looked at the pupil's virtues, and decided him worthy of enlightenment, and he became a Master, nobly performing admin duties at various discussions. </p><p><br> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_3:_The_Dispute_Resolution" data-mw-thread-id="h-Fragment_3:_The_Dispute_Resolution-The_Strand_C_Tradition"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Fragment_3:_The_Dispute_Resolution-The_Strand_C_Tradition"></span>Fragment 3: The Dispute Resolution<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Fragment_3:_The_Dispute_Resolution-The_Strand_C_Tradition"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Fragment 3: The Dispute Resolution" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>And many new editors had opposing ideas on the subject, so they agreed to a dispute resolution, moderated by a famous teacher, known far and wide for his wisdom and knowledge. The parties presented their cases. "Why do you disagree?" asked the teacher. The editors said, "We think differently about the subject." "Then why does that keep you from meeting <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPOV">NPOV</a>, and agreeing to a solution?" asked the teacher. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_4:_The_Meditation_of_Jimbo_Wales" data-mw-thread-id="h-Fragment_4:_The_Meditation_of_Jimbo_Wales-The_Strand_C_Tradition"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Fragment_4:_The_Meditation_of_Jimbo_Wales-The_Strand_C_Tradition"></span>Fragment 4: The Meditation of Jimbo Wales<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Fragment_4:_The_Meditation_of_Jimbo_Wales-The_Strand_C_Tradition"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Fragment 4: The Meditation of Jimbo Wales" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Jimbo was faced with a problem: the Masters were questioning him. So, the Founder had to meditate for many days to find a consensus answer to give to the lesser Masters that had petitioned him. He sat under the great <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_Monument" title="Wikipedia Monument">Wikipedia Monument</a> for <a href="/wiki/Temptation_of_Christ" title="Temptation of Christ">40 days and 40 nights</a>, and the answer came to him. He shared this discovery with the Masters, and all thought that he was very wise, and that he was a True Master of the encyclopedia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_5" data-mw-thread-id="h-Fragment_5-The_Strand_C_Tradition"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Fragment_5-The_Strand_C_Tradition"></span>Fragment 5<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Fragment_5-The_Strand_C_Tradition"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Fragment 5" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>A master was asked by a student, "What worth is my effort if it is constantly edited?" The master gave him a stern look and explained, "Change is inevitable." But the student said, "How do I further enlightenment if what I contribute is modified?" The master again explained: "Change is essential: it is only through change that eventually is the rightful balance of a true enlightenment seen." The student smiled, for he understood. </p><p>The master continued: "But a true seeker of enlightenment will gauge the balance, and when they see it truly, they will, in their own enlightenment, help others break from the cycle of change." The student paused, but again smiled and meditated upon what the master had shown. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Strand_D" data-mw-thread-id="h-Strand_D"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Strand_D"></span>Strand D<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Strand_D"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Strand D" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <p>[This strand, whilst not lost, cannot be published for policy reasons.] </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Strand_E" data-mw-thread-id="h-Strand_E"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Strand_E"></span>Strand E<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Strand_E"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Strand E" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commentary_3" data-mw-thread-id="h-Commentary_3-Strand_E"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Commentary_3-Strand_E"></span>Commentary<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Commentary_3-Strand_E"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Commentary" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>An ancient inscription "!spoehtekovni tonod" was recently uncovered: modern scholars are still deciphering its meaning, but it is thought it was a power phrase, used as a warning to evil-doers or disturbers of the peace on Wikipedia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragment_1" data-mw-thread-id="h-Fragment_1-Strand_E"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Fragment_1-Strand_E"></span>Fragment 1<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Fragment_1-Strand_E"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Fragment 1" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>"Tremble evildoer, for what evil lurks in thy hurt, the ops know!" "And tremble vandal also, for as ops know so does the admin know thy offense" .. " Cursed, is the evil doer, cursed is the Vandal... So shall they invoke powerful forces..." "Do not evil harbour, for thine know not the coming of the retribution... Do not mock , for they shall came as thunder...." "... Come as thunder, unspected in the retribution for evil harboured...." " .. And the evil doer shall feel the retribution... which shall come swift," </p> <pre>.... and shall come sharp... and the unrighteous shall be cast out!.... and the forum of the Founder cleansed' </pre> <p>... </p><p>"... And the evil-doer shall know thine evil in their heart, and the retribution shall came as thunder, unexpected... and t(r)emble them to despair...." </p><p>... "Any evil-doer who survived the judgement of the ops, shall tremble before the mighty <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ARBCOM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ARBCOM">fezzes</a>", "for what the fezzes shall separate the wheat from the chaff". </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Footnotes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Footnotes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Footnotes"></span>Footnotes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Footnotes"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiBible&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Footnotes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">That said, alternate translations appear to use an alternate phrasing as "the wisest of all the mentors."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Translations vary; some explicitly name the Founder as an entity called <a href="/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales" title="User:Jimbo Wales">Jimbo</a>, but others argue that it should be 'Founders' in plural, with 'Jimbo' being either one name or a name in commonality for a group. Some denominations consider Jimbo to be the son of <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a>, the creator of the Internet.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There are dissenting opinions on the translation of this, with some stating that it refers instead to "enlightened" as opposed to "wisdom", implying that it was an elevated form of wisdom which was to be perceived.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The version in the scrollbacks does not further elucidate on how these 'many' came into existence. A later passage does, however, refer to a group called 'the admins', who may have been chosen from these 'many'. There are dissenting opinions, and some argue that initially 'the many' and the earliest 'admins' were distinct, the 'admins' being with the Founder.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This appears to be alluding to the "partings" seen in the Hebrew creation cycle.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See earlier comment</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This is a translator addition, given the logic earlier in the passage.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Some scholars claim that the Other's name was "<a href="/wiki/Larry_Sanger" title="Larry Sanger">Larry</a>", but we can never be sure because his name has been completely removed from history. Some also say that the Other used to be a Founder.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Here Jimbo is named directly, suggesting that this fragment comes from a different source.</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">The fact that "manual of style" is capitalized here implies that the manual of style is an entity or place, while the lack of capitalization of it earlier implies that the "manual of style" was once fragmented to unofficial in status.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Dissenting opinions translate this as "ritual", "law", or "tradition".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dissenting opinions translate this as "outside" or "external to".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The events in this fragment clearly refer to some kind of dispute, the basis of which was in a user's overly aggressive enforcement of some aspect of Wikipedia policy as it was in "the time of", the name sadly being indistinct. The tribunal mentioned is either a group of admins, or an ad-hoc formation of other users. A less commonly held view says that the tribunal was in fact much more senior, being a group of Arbiters, who in Wikipedia tradition hold their positions directly on remit of the Founder. If so, then this user's activities were considered even more heinous than the passage would otherwise suggest.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">No one is quite sure about the full name of this group, as it is only referred to as "the WMF" in the text. Some scholars claim that it is called the "<a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>", but this has not been proven.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The translation of this last phrase is disputed; some say that it should be "to add to the information of mankind", as "information" and "betterment" are generally synonymous.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Some scholars propose that "'crat" is a shortening of "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CRAT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CRAT">bureaucrat</a>", although there is no concrete evidence for this.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Agreement" is also translated as "consensus".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Founder is mentioned in this fragment, suggesting it comes from the "B" strand of fragments, compared with the use of "Jimbo" in the "A" strand.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In some readings this is rendered as "his", but modern scholars discount this as hero-patriarchal bias of some earlier scholars.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> "Elected" is the consensus reading.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Such as an entity in later periods known as the Good-win, which became corrupted to Goody-Wynne, and better known for Goody-Wynne postulate which is frequently attributed to them.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This is a consensus translation: scholars' opinions are varied on the origin of the 'vandals'. Most scholars agree that Vandals represent an aspect of evil. 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built</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_Parkinson%27s_Bicycle_Shed_Effect" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid Parkinson's Bicycle Shed Effect">Don't get hung up on minor details</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_hope_the_house_will_build_itself" title="Wikipedia:Don't hope the house will build itself">Don't hope the house will build itself</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_panic" title="Wikipedia:Don't panic">Don't panic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_%22teach_the_controversy%22" title="Wikipedia:Don't "teach the controversy"">Don't "teach the controversy"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_on_mobile_devices" title="Wikipedia:Editing on mobile devices">Editing on mobile devices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editors_are_not_mindreaders" title="Wikipedia:Editors are not mindreaders">Editors are not mindreaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Encourage_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Encourage the newcomers">Encourage the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Endorsements" title="Wikipedia:Endorsements">Endorsements (commercial)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles_may_have_problems" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles may have problems">Featured articles may have problems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Formatting_bilateral_relations_articles" title="Wikipedia:Formatting bilateral relations articles">Formatting bilateral relations articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Formatting_bilateral_relations_templates" title="Wikipedia:Formatting bilateral relations templates">Formatting bilateral relations templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree" title="Wikipedia:Fruit of the poisonous tree">Fruit of the poisonous tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Give_an_article_a_chance" title="Wikipedia:Give an article a chance">Give an article a chance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_write_a_featured_article" title="Wikipedia:How to write a featured article">How to write a featured article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_and_using_independent_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identifying and using independent sources">Identifying and using independent sources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(history)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (history)">History sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(law)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (law)">Law sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_and_using_independent_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identifying and using independent sources">Primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(natural_sciences)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (natural sciences)">Science sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_and_using_style_guides" title="Wikipedia:Identifying and using style guides">Style guides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_and_using_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Identifying and using tertiary sources">Tertiary sources</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_STRONGNAT_for_date_formats" title="Wikipedia:Ignore STRONGNAT for date formats">Ignore STRONGNAT for date formats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inaccuracy" title="Wikipedia:Inaccuracy">Inaccuracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction_to_structurism" title="Wikipedia:Introduction to structurism">Introduction to structurism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_mine_a_source" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:How to mine a source">Mine a source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Merge_Test" title="Wikipedia:Merge Test">Merge Test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Minors_and_persons_judged_incompetent" title="Wikipedia:Minors and persons judged incompetent">Minors and persons judged incompetent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:%22Murder_of%22_articles" title='Wikipedia:"Murder of" articles'>"Murder of" articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Not_every_story/event/disaster_needs_a_biography" title="Wikipedia:Not every story/event/disaster needs a biography">Not every story/event/disaster needs a biography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Not_everything_needs_a_navbox" title="Wikipedia:Not everything needs a navbox">Not everything needs a navbox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Not_everything_needs_a_template" title="Wikipedia:Not everything needs a template">Not everything needs a template</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nothing_is_in_stone" title="Wikipedia:Nothing is in stone">Nothing is in stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Obtain_peer_review_comments" title="Wikipedia:Obtain peer review comments">Obtain peer review comments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Organizing_disambiguation_pages_by_subject_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Organizing disambiguation pages by subject area">Organizing disambiguation pages by subject area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Permastub" title="Wikipedia:Permastub">Permastub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Potential,_not_just_current_state" title="Wikipedia:Potential, not just current state">Potential, not just current state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Presentism" title="Wikipedia:Presentism">Presentism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Principle_of_Some_Astonishment" title="Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment">Principle of Some Astonishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_problem_with_elegant_variation" title="Wikipedia:The problem with elegant variation">The problem with elegant variation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Pro_and_con_lists" title="Wikipedia:Pro and con lists">Pro and con lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Printability" title="Wikipedia:Printability">Printability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Pruning_article_revisions" title="Wikipedia:Pruning article revisions">Pruning article revisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:For_publicists_publicizing_a_client%27s_work" title="Wikipedia:For publicists publicizing a client's work">Publicists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Put_a_little_effort_into_it" title="Wikipedia:Put a little effort into it">Put a little effort into it</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Restoring_part_of_a_reverted_edit" title="Wikipedia:Restoring part of a reverted edit">Restoring part of a reverted edit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Robotic_editing" title="Wikipedia:Robotic editing">Robotic editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sham_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Sham consensus">Sham consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Source_your_plot_summaries" title="Wikipedia:Source your plot summaries">Source your plot summaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Specialized-style_fallacy" title="Wikipedia:Specialized-style fallacy">Specialized-style fallacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub_Makers" title="Wikipedia:Stub Makers">Stub Makers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_run_an_edit-a-thon" title="Wikipedia:How to run an edit-a-thon">Run an edit-a-thon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Temporary_versions_of_articles" title="Wikipedia:Temporary versions of articles">Temporary versions of articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tertiary-source_fallacy" title="Wikipedia:Tertiary-source fallacy">Tertiary-source fallacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_are_no_shortcuts_to_neutrality" title="Wikipedia:There are no shortcuts to neutrality">There are no shortcuts to neutrality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_is_no_deadline" title="Wikipedia:There is no deadline">There is no deadline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_is_a_deadline" title="Wikipedia:There is a deadline">There is a deadline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_deadline_is_now" title="Wikipedia:The deadline is now">The deadline is now</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Try_not_to_leave_it_a_stub" title="Wikipedia:Try not to leave it a stub">Try not to leave it a stub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Understanding_Wikipedia%27s_content_standards" title="Wikipedia:Understanding Wikipedia's content standards">Understanding Wikipedia's content standards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Walled_garden" title="Wikipedia:Walled garden">Walled garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_an_article_should_not_include" title="Wikipedia:What an article should not include">What an article should not include</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_a_work_in_progress" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a work in progress">Wikipedia is a work in progress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_reliable_source" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source">Wikipedia is not a reliable source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_being_written_in_an_organized_fashion" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not being written in an organized fashion">Wikipedia is not being written in an organized fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_world_will_not_end_tomorrow" title="Wikipedia:The world will not end tomorrow">The world will not end tomorrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Write_the_article_first" title="Wikipedia:Write the article first">Write the article first</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">Writing better articles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Article_writing" title="Wikipedia:Essays in a nutshell/Article writing">Writing article content</a></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:Avoid_thread_mode" title="Wikipedia:Avoid thread mode">Avoid thread mode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyediting_reception_sections" title="Wikipedia:Copyediting reception sections">Copyediting reception sections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Coup" title="Wikipedia:Coup">Coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_throw_more_litter_onto_the_pile" title="Wikipedia:Don't throw more litter onto the pile">Don't throw more litter onto the pile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gender-neutral_language" title="Wikipedia:Gender-neutral language">Gender-neutral language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Myth_versus_fiction" title="Wikipedia:Myth versus fiction">Myth vs fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proseline" title="Wikipedia:Proseline">Proseline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Use_our_own_words" title="Wikipedia:Use our own words">Use our own words</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:We_shouldn%27t_be_able_to_figure_out_your_opinions" title="Wikipedia:We shouldn't be able to figure out your opinions">We shouldn't be able to figure out your opinions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Write_the_article_first" title="Wikipedia:Write the article first">Write the article first</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_about_women" title="Wikipedia:Writing about women">Writing about women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">Writing better articles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Removal_or_deletion_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Essays in a nutshell/Removal or deletion of content">Removing or<br> deleting content</a></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:Adjectives_in_your_recommendations" title="Wikipedia:Adjectives in your recommendations">Adjectives in your recommendations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion_is_not_a_war_zone" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion is not a war zone">AfD is not a war zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_avoid_in_deletion_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions">Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_avoid_in_deletion_reviews" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion reviews">Arguments to avoid in deletion reviews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_avoid_in_image_deletion_discussions" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions">Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_make_in_deletion_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to make in deletion discussions">Arguments to make in deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_repeated_arguments" title="Wikipedia:Avoid repeated arguments">Avoid repeated arguments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Before_commenting_in_a_deletion_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Before commenting in a deletion discussion">Before commenting in a deletion discussion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:But_there_must_be_sources!" title="Wikipedia:But there must be sources!">But there must be sources!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Confusing_arguments_mean_nothing" title="Wikipedia:Confusing arguments mean nothing">Confusing arguments mean nothing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_removal" title="Wikipedia:Content removal">Content removal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Counting_and_sorting_are_not_original_research" title="Wikipedia:Counting and sorting are not original research">Counting and sorting are not original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Delete_or_merge" title="Wikipedia:Delete or merge">Delete or merge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Delete_the_junk" title="Wikipedia:Delete the junk">Delete the junk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_is_not_cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Deletion is not cleanup">Deletion is not cleanup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Does_deletion_help%3F" title="Wikipedia:Does deletion help?">Does deletion help?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_attack_the_nominator" title="Wikipedia:Don't attack the nominator">Don't attack the nominator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_confuse_stub_status_with_non-notability" title="Wikipedia:Do not confuse stub status with non-notability">Don't confuse stub status with non-notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_overuse_shortcuts_to_policy_and_guidelines_to_win_your_argument" title="Wikipedia:Don't overuse shortcuts to policy and guidelines to win your argument">Don't overuse shortcuts to policy and guidelines to win your argument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Emptying_categories_out_of_process" title="Wikipedia:Emptying categories out of process">Emptying categories out of process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Follow_the_leader" title="Wikipedia:Follow the leader">Follow the leader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_the_presumption_of_notability_works" title="Wikipedia:How the presumption of notability works">How the presumption of notability works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_save_an_article_proposed_for_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:How to save an article proposed for deletion">How to save an article proposed for deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:I_just_don%27t_like_it" title="Wikipedia:I just don't like it">I just don't like it</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_blatant_advertising" title="Wikipedia:Identifying blatant advertising">Identifying blatant advertising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_test_edits" title="Wikipedia:Identifying test edits">Identifying test edits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Immunity" title="Wikipedia:Immunity">Immunity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Keep_it_concise" title="Wikipedia:Keep it concise">Keep it concise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Liar_liar_pants_on_fire" title="Wikipedia:Liar liar pants on fire">Liar liar pants on fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nothing" title="Wikipedia:Nothing">Nothing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nothing_is_clear" title="Wikipedia:Nothing is clear">Nothing is clear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overzealous_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Overzealous deletion">Overzealous deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Relisting_can_be_abusive" title="Wikipedia:Relisting can be abusive">Relisting can be abusive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Relist_bias" title="Wikipedia:Relist bias">Relist bias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Heymann_Standard" title="Wikipedia:The Heymann Standard">The Heymann Standard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unopposed_AFD_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Unopposed AFD discussion">Unopposed AFD discussion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_Whac-A-Mole" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Whac-A-Mole">Wikipedia is not Whack-A-Mole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_was_the_page_I_created_deleted%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why was the page I created deleted?">Why was the page I created deleted?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_to_do_if_your_article_gets_tagged_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:What to do if your article gets tagged for speedy deletion">What to do if your article gets tagged for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:When_in_doubt,_hide_it_in_the_woodwork" title="Wikipedia:When in doubt, hide it in the woodwork">When in doubt, hide it in the woodwork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_Encyclopedic_Use" title="Wikipedia:No Encyclopedic Use">No Encyclopedic Use</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Essays_on_civility" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay_directory#Wikipedia's_code_of_conduct" title="Wikipedia:Essay directory">Essays on civility</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="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><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Civility" title="Wikipedia:Essays in a nutshell/Civility">The basics</a></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:Accepting_other_users" title="Wikipedia:Accepting other users">Accepting other users</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Apology" title="Wikipedia:Apology">Apology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_complicated_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Contributing to complicated discussions">Contributing to complicated discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Divisiveness" title="Wikipedia:Divisiveness">Divisiveness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_retaliate" title="Wikipedia:Don't retaliate">Don't retaliate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editors%27_pronouns" title="Wikipedia:Editors' pronouns">Editors' pronouns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_at_your_own_pace" title="Wikipedia:Edit at your own pace">Edit at your own pace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Encourage_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Encourage the newcomers">Encouraging the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Enjoy_yourself" title="Wikipedia:Enjoy yourself">Enjoy yourself</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Expect_no_thanks" title="Wikipedia:Expect no thanks">Expect no thanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:High-functioning_autism_and_Asperger%27s_editors" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:High-functioning autism and Asperger's editors">High-functioning autism and Asperger's editors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_be_civil" title="Wikipedia:How to be civil">How to be civil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Maintaining_a_friendly_space" title="Wikipedia:Maintaining a friendly space">Maintaining a friendly space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Negotiation" title="Wikipedia:Negotiation">Negotiation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editors_with_obsessive-compulsive_disorder" title="Wikipedia:Editors with obsessive-compulsive disorder">Obsessive–compulsive disorder editors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_say_please" title="Wikipedia:Please say please">Please say please</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Relationships_with_academic_editors" title="Wikipedia:Relationships with academic editors">Relationships with academic editors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Thank_you" title="Wikipedia:Thank you">Thank you</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Too_long;_didn%27t_read" title="Wikipedia:Too long; didn't read">Too long; didn't read</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Truce" title="Wikipedia:Truce">Truce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unblock_perspectives" title="Wikipedia:Unblock perspectives">Unblock perspectives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:We_are_all_Wikipedians_here" title="Wikipedia:We are all Wikipedians here">We are all Wikipedians here</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:You_have_a_right_to_remain_silent" title="Wikipedia:You have a right to remain silent">You have a right to remain silent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Philosophy</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:A_thank_you_never_hurts" title="Wikipedia:A thank you never hurts">A thank you never hurts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:A_weak_personal_attack_is_still_wrong" title="Wikipedia:A weak personal attack is still wrong">A weak personal attack is still wrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Advice_for_hotheads" title="Wikipedia:Advice for hotheads">Advice for hotheads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:An_uncivil_environment_is_a_poor_environment" title="Wikipedia:An uncivil environment is a poor environment">An uncivil environment is a poor environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_the_glue" title="Wikipedia:Be the glue">Be the glue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Beware_of_the_tigers" title="Wikipedia:Beware of the tigers">Beware of the tigers!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility_warnings" title="Wikipedia:Civility warnings">Civility warnings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overzealous_deletion#Dislike_of_the_creator" title="Wikipedia:Overzealous deletion">Deletion as revenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Failure" title="Wikipedia:Failure">Failure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Forgive_and_forget" title="Wikipedia:Forgive and forget">Forgive and forget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:It%27s_not_the_end_of_the_world" title="Wikipedia:It's not the end of the world">It's not the end of the world</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nobody_cares" title="Wikipedia:Nobody cares">Nobody cares</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Most_people_who_disagree_with_you_on_content_are_not_vandals" title="Wikipedia:Most people who disagree with you on content are not vandals">Most people who disagree with you on content are not vandals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Old-fashioned_Wikipedian_values" title="Wikipedia:Old-fashioned Wikipedian values">Old-fashioned Wikipedian values</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Profanity,_civility,_and_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Profanity, civility, and discussions">Profanity, civility, and discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revert_notification_opt-out" title="Wikipedia:Revert notification opt-out">Revert notification opt-out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shadowless_Fists_of_Death!" title="Wikipedia:Shadowless Fists of Death!">Shadowless Fists of Death!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Staying_cool_when_the_editing_gets_hot" title="Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot">Staying cool when the editing gets hot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_grey_zone" title="Wikipedia:The grey zone">The grey zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Last_Word" title="Wikipedia:The Last Word">The last word</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_is_no_Divine_Right_of_Editors" title="Wikipedia:There is no Divine Right of Editors">There is no Divine Right of Editors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Most_ideas_are_bad" title="Wikipedia:Most ideas are bad">Most ideas are bad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nothing_is_clear" title="Wikipedia:Nothing is clear">Nothing is clear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reader" title="Wikipedia:Reader">Reader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Rules_of_Polite_Discourse" title="Wikipedia:The Rules of Polite Discourse">The rules of polite discourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_%22Ignore_all_rules%22_means#There_is_no_common_sense" title='Wikipedia:What "Ignore all rules" means'>There is no common sense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Two_wrongs_don%27t_make_a_right" title="Wikipedia:Two wrongs don't make a right">Two wrongs don't make a right</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_clich%C3%A9s" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia clichés">Wikipedia clichés</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_about_winning" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not about winning">Wikipedia is not about winning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_should_not_be_a_monopoly" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia should not be a monopoly">Wikipedia should not be a monopoly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_for_the_opponent" title="Wikipedia:Writing for the opponent">Writing for the opponent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dos</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:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_the_assumption_of_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume the assumption of good faith">Assume the assumption of good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_no_clue" title="Wikipedia:Assume no clue">Assume no clue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_personal_remarks" title="Wikipedia:Avoid personal remarks">Avoid personal remarks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_the_word_%22vandal%22" title='Wikipedia:Avoid the word "vandal"'>Avoid the word "vandal"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_excellent_to_one_another" title="Wikipedia:Be excellent to one another">Be excellent to one another</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_pragmatic" title="Wikipedia:Be pragmatic">Be pragmatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Beyond_civility" title="Wikipedia:Beyond civility">Beyond civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Call_a_spade_a_spade" title="Wikipedia:Call a spade a spade">Call a spade a spade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Candor" title="Wikipedia:Candor">Candor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deny_recognition" title="Wikipedia:Deny recognition">Deny recognition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Desist" title="Wikipedia:Desist">Desist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Discussing_cruft" title="Wikipedia:Discussing cruft">Discussing cruft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Drop_the_stick_and_back_slowly_away_from_the_horse_carcass" title="Wikipedia:Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass">Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Encourage_full_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Encourage full discussions">Encourage full discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Get_over_it" title="Wikipedia:Get over it">Get over it</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_lose" title="Wikipedia:How to lose">How to lose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Imagine_others_complexly" title="Wikipedia:Imagine others complexly">Imagine others complexly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Just_drop_it" title="Wikipedia:Just drop it">Just drop it</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Keep_it_concise" title="Wikipedia:Keep it concise">Keep it concise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Keep_it_down_to_earth" title="Wikipedia:Keep it down to earth">Keep it down to earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mind_your_own_business" title="Wikipedia:Mind your own business">Mind your own business</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MOBY" title="Wikipedia:MOBY">Say "MOBY"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mutual_withdrawal" title="Wikipedia:Mutual withdrawal">Mutual withdrawal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Read_before_commenting" title="Wikipedia:Read before commenting">Read before commenting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Settle_the_process_first" title="Wikipedia:Settle the process first">Settle the process first</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Don'ts</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:ALPHABETTISPAGHETTI" title="Wikipedia:ALPHABETTISPAGHETTI">ALPHABETTISPAGHETTI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Because_I_can" title="Wikipedia:Because I can">Wikipedia:Because I can</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civil_POV_pushing" title="Wikipedia:Civil POV pushing">Civil POV pushing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cyberbullying" title="Wikipedia:Cyberbullying">Cyberbullying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_accuse_someone_of_a_personal_attack_for_accusing_of_a_personal_attack" title="Wikipedia:Don't accuse someone of a personal attack for accusing of a personal attack">Don't accuse someone of a personal attack for accusing of a personal attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_a_fanatic" title="Wikipedia:Don't be a fanatic">Don't be a fanatic</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_a_jerk" class="extiw" title="meta:Don't be a jerk">Don't be a jerk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_an_ostrich" title="Wikipedia:Don't be an ostrich">Don't be an ostrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_ashamed" title="Wikipedia:Don't be ashamed">Don't be ashamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_a_WikiBigot" title="Wikipedia:Don't be a WikiBigot">Don't be a WikiBigot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_high-maintenance" title="Wikipedia:Don't be high-maintenance">Don't be high-maintenance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_inconsiderate" title="Wikipedia:Don't be inconsiderate">Don't be inconsiderate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_obnoxious" title="Wikipedia:Don't be obnoxious">Don't be obnoxious</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_prejudiced" title="Wikipedia:Don't be prejudiced">Don't be prejudiced</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_rude" title="Wikipedia:Don't be rude">Don't be rude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_the_Fun_Police" title="Wikipedia:Don't be the Fun Police">Don't be the Fun Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_bludgeon_the_process" title="Wikipedia:Don't bludgeon the process">Don't bludgeon the process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_call_a_spade_a_spade" title="Wikipedia:Don't call a spade a spade">Don't call a spade a spade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_call_people_by_their_real_name" title="Wikipedia:Don't call people by their real name">Don't call people by their real name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_call_the_kettle_black" title="Wikipedia:Don't call the kettle black">Don't call the kettle black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cruftcruft#Don't_call_things_cruft" title="Wikipedia:Cruftcruft">Don't call things cruft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_come_down_like_a_ton_of_bricks" title="Wikipedia:Don't come down like a ton of bricks">Don't come down like a ton of bricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_cry_COI" title="Wikipedia:Don't cry COI">Don't cry COI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_demand_that_editors_solve_the_problems_they_identify" title="Wikipedia:Don't demand that editors solve the problems they identify">Don't demand that editors solve the problems they identify</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_drink_the_consensus_Kool-Aid" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Don't drink the consensus Kool-Aid">Don't drink the consensus Kool-Aid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_eat_the_troll%27s_food" title="Wikipedia:Don't eat the troll's food">Don't eat the troll's food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_fight_fire_with_fire" title="Wikipedia:Don't fight fire with fire">Don't fight fire with fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t-give-a-fuckism" title="Wikipedia:Don't-give-a-fuckism">Don't give a fuck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_help_too_much" title="Wikipedia:Don't help too much">Don't help too much</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_ignore_community_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Don't ignore community consensus">Don't ignore community consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_knit_beside_the_guillotine" title="Wikipedia:Don't knit beside the guillotine">Don't knit beside the guillotine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_make_a_smarmy_valediction_part_of_your_default_signature" title="Wikipedia:Don't make a smarmy valediction part of your default signature">Don't make a smarmy valediction part of your signature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_remind_others_of_past_misdeeds" title="Wikipedia:Don't remind others of past misdeeds">Don't remind others of past misdeeds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_don%27t_shout" title="Wikipedia:Please don't shout">Don't shout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_spite_your_face" title="Wikipedia:Don't spite your face">Don't spite your face</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_take_the_bait" title="Wikipedia:Don't take the bait">Don't take the bait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_template_the_regulars" title="Wikipedia:Don't template the regulars">Don't template the regulars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_throw_your_toys_out_of_the_pram" title="Wikipedia:Don't throw your toys out of the pram">Don't throw your toys out of the pram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_insult_the_vandals" title="Wikipedia:Do not insult the vandals">Do not insult the vandals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Griefing" title="Wikipedia:Griefing">Griefing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hate_is_disruptive" title="Wikipedia:Hate is disruptive">Hate is disruptive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nationalist_editing" title="Wikipedia:Nationalist editing">Nationalist editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_angry_mastodons" title="Wikipedia:No angry mastodons">No angry mastodons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_angry_mastodons_just_madmen" title="Wikipedia:No angry mastodons just madmen">just madmen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_Nazis" title="Wikipedia:No Nazis">No Nazis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_racists" title="Wikipedia:No racists">No racists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_Confederates" title="Wikipedia:No Confederates">No Confederates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_queerphobia" title="Wikipedia:No queerphobia">No queerphobia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No,_you_can%27t_have_a_pony" title="Wikipedia:No, you can't have a pony">No, you can't have a pony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Passive_aggression" title="Wikipedia:Passive aggression">Passive aggression</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POV_railroad" title="Wikipedia:POV railroad">POV railroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Superhatting" title="Wikipedia:Superhatting">Superhatting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_are_no_oracles" title="Wikipedia:There are no oracles">There are no oracles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There%27s_no_need_to_guess_someone%27s_preferred_pronouns" title="Wikipedia:There's no need to guess someone's preferred pronouns">There's no need to guess someone's preferred pronouns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:You_can%27t_squeeze_blood_from_a_turnip" title="Wikipedia:You can't squeeze blood from a turnip">You can't squeeze blood from a turnip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UPPERCASE" title="Wikipedia:UPPERCASE">UPPERCASE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">WikiRelations</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:WikiBullying" title="Wikipedia:WikiBullying">WikiBullying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCrime" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiCrime">WikiCrime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">WikiHarassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiHate" title="Wikipedia:WikiHate">WikiHate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikilawyering" title="Wikipedia:Wikilawyering">WikiLawyering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiLove" title="Wikipedia:WikiLove">WikiLove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiPeace" title="Wikipedia:WikiPeace">WikiPeace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Essays_on_notability" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay_directory#Notability" title="Wikipedia:Essay directory">Essays on notability</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="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-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Advanced_source_searching" title="Wikipedia:Advanced source searching">Advanced source searching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:All_high_schools_can_be_notable" title="Wikipedia:All high schools can be notable">All high schools can be notable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Alternative_outlets" title="Wikipedia:Alternative outlets">Alternative outlets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_avoid_in_deletion_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions">Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_with_a_single_source" title="Wikipedia:Articles with a single source">Articles with a single source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_template_creep" title="Wikipedia:Avoid template creep">Avoid template creep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_notability" title="Wikipedia:Bare notability">Bare notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Big_events_make_key_participants_notable" title="Wikipedia:Big events make key participants notable">Big events make key participants notable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Businesses_with_a_single_location" title="Wikipedia:Businesses with a single location">Businesses with a single location</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:But_it%27s_true!" title="Wikipedia:But it's true!">But it's true!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Common_sourcing_mistakes_(notability)" title="Wikipedia:Common sourcing mistakes (notability)">Common sourcing mistakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_clones" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia clones">Clones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Coatrack_articles" title="Wikipedia:Coatrack articles">Coatrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Discriminate_vs_indiscriminate_information" title="Wikipedia:Discriminate vs indiscriminate information">Discriminate vs indiscriminate information</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_cite_GNG" title="Wikipedia:Don't cite GNG">Don't cite GNG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Drafts_are_not_checked_for_notability_or_sanity" title="Wikipedia:Drafts are not checked for notability or sanity">Drafts are not checked for notability or sanity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Every_snowflake_is_unique" title="Wikipedia:Every snowflake is unique">Every snowflake is unique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Existence_%E2%89%A0_Notability" title="Wikipedia:Existence ≠ Notability">Existence ≠ Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Existence_does_not_prove_notability" title="Wikipedia:Existence does not prove notability">Existence does not prove notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Extracting_the_meaning_of_significant_coverage" title="Wikipedia:Extracting the meaning of significant coverage">Extracting the meaning of significant coverage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Google_searches_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Google searches and numbers">Google searches and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_the_presumption_of_notability_works" title="Wikipedia:How the presumption of notability works">How the presumption of notability works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(high_schools)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (high schools)">High Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Historical_archive/Policy/Notability/Arguments" title="Wikipedia:Historical archive/Policy/Notability/Arguments">Historical/Policy/Notability/Arguments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inclusion_is_not_an_indicator_of_notability" title="Wikipedia:Inclusion is not an indicator of notability">Inclusion is not an indicator of notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources">Independent sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inherent_notability" title="Wikipedia:Inherent notability">Inherent notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Insignificant" title="Wikipedia:Insignificant">Insignificant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Masking_the_lack_of_notability" title="Wikipedia:Masking the lack of notability">Masking the lack of notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_stubs" title="Wikipedia:Make stubs">Make stubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Minimum_coverage" title="Wikipedia:Minimum coverage">Minimum coverage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:News_coverage_does_not_decrease_notability" title="Wikipedia:News coverage does not decrease notability">News coverage does not decrease notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_amount_of_editing_can_overcome_a_lack_of_notability" title="Wikipedia:No amount of editing can overcome a lack of notability">No amount of editing can overcome a lack of notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_big_loss" title="Wikipedia:No big loss">No big loss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_one_cares_about_your_garage_band" title="Wikipedia:No one cares about your garage band">No one cares about your garage band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_one_really_cares" title="Wikipedia:No one really cares">No one really cares</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_cannot_be_purchased" title="Wikipedia:Notability cannot be purchased">Notability cannot be purchased</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_comparison_test" title="Wikipedia:Notability comparison test">Notability comparison test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_is_not_a_level_playing_field" title="Wikipedia:Notability is not a level playing field">Notability is not a level playing field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_is_not_a_matter_of_opinion" title="Wikipedia:Notability is not a matter of opinion">Notability is not a matter of opinion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_is_not_relevance_or_reliability" title="Wikipedia:Notability is not relevance or reliability">Notability is not relevance or reliability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_means_impact" title="Wikipedia:Notability means impact">Notability means impact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_points" title="Wikipedia:Notability points">Notability points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_sub-pages" title="Wikipedia:Notability 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title="Wikipedia:What notability is not">What notability is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_to_include" title="Wikipedia:What to include">What to include</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_Crunchbase" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Crunchbase">Wikipedia is not Crunchbase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_here_to_tell_the_world_about_your_noble_cause" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause">Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_the_place_to_post_your_r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not the place to post your résumé">Wikipedia is not the place to post your résumé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Two_prongs_of_merit" title="Wikipedia:Two prongs of merit">Two prongs of merit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td 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basketball">Ain't no rules says a dog can't play basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Akin%27s_Laws_of_Article_Writing" title="Wikipedia:Akin's Laws of Article Writing">Akin's Laws of Article Writing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Alternatives_to_edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Alternatives to edit warring">Alternatives to edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ANI_flu" title="Wikipedia:ANI flu">ANI flu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Anti-Wikipedian" title="Wikipedia:Anti-Wikipedian">Anti-Wikipedian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Anti-Wikipedianism" title="Wikipedia:Anti-Wikipedianism">Anti-Wikipedianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articlecountitis" title="Wikipedia:Articlecountitis">Articlecountitis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Asshole_John_rule" title="Wikipedia:Asshole John rule">Asshole John rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_bad_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume bad faith">Assume bad faith</a></li> <li><a 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title="Wikipedia:Counting juntas">Counting juntas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Crap" title="Wikipedia:Crap">Crap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_stuff_beans_up_your_nose" title="Wikipedia:Don't stuff beans up your nose">Don't stuff beans up your nose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t-give-a-fuckism" title="Wikipedia:Don't-give-a-fuckism">Don't-give-a-fuckism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_abbreviate_%22Wikipedia%22_as_%22Wiki%22!" title="Wikipedia:Don't abbreviate "Wikipedia" as "Wiki"!">Don't abbreviate "Wikipedia" as "Wiki"!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_delete_the_main_page" title="Wikipedia:Don't delete the main page">Don't delete the main page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editcountitis" title="Wikipedia:Editcountitis">Editcountitis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edits_Per_Day" title="Wikipedia:Edits Per Day">Edits Per Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editsummarisis" title="Wikipedia:Editsummarisis">Editsummarisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_under_the_influence" title="Wikipedia:Editing under the influence">Editing under the influence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Embrace_Stop_Signs" title="Wikipedia:Embrace Stop Signs">Embrace Stop Signs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Emerson_and_Wilde_on_consistency" title="Wikipedia:Emerson and Wilde on consistency">Emerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fart" title="Wikipedia:Fart">Fart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_five_Fs_of_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:The five Fs of Wikipedia">Five Fs of Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Seven_ages_of_editor" title="Wikipedia:Seven ages of editor">Seven Ages of Editor, by Will E. 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