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| Misplaced Pages rules exist for the sole purpose of creating structure for dispute resolution when consensus is not reached. For those whose highest priority is to reach ], rules are not needed. | |||
| ==What to do when consensus cannot be reached== | |||
| In a perfect Wiki, everyone would place the importance of ] above personal bias, but we sometimes find ourselves in disputes where ] threatens the NPOV of the article. Natural human tendency prompts us to offset unyielding partiality by any tools at our disposal——disparaging remarks, counterbalance bigotry, and unintended use of administration power——but these tools only compound perceptions of intolerance. Misplaced Pages has created ] to assist us in resolving partisan disputes. These policies are not weapons to destroy an obdurate editor. They are only a means of achieving ]. To minimize vandalism and enable the collective power of easy mass editing, our aim in using rules must always be to get to the point where we can ''ignore all rules''. We must always strive for a system that works without them. | |||
| If rules make you nervous and depressed, then simply '''use common sense''' as you go about working on the encyclopedia. Being too wrapped up in rules can cause you to lose perspective, so there are times when it is best to '''ignore all rules''' ... including this one. | If rules make you nervous and depressed, then simply '''use common sense''' as you go about working on the encyclopedia. Being too wrapped up in rules can cause you to lose perspective, so there are times when it is best to '''ignore all rules''' ... including this one. | ||
| ==Toward our purpose== | |||
| Our purpose here is to create an ]. The rules exist only to support that purpose. Our policies are meant to be neither ] nor ]; they are merely a flexible framework within which we can cope with most common questions and problems. The spirit of our rules is far more important than their letter. | Our purpose here is to create an ]. The rules exist only to support that purpose. Our policies are meant to be neither ] nor ]; they are merely a flexible framework within which we can cope with most common questions and problems. The spirit of our rules is far more important than their letter. | ||
| ===Common sense editing=== | |||
| Wikipedians are expected to use common sense. Actions that are reasonable but which contradict a strict reading of the rules should not be penalized, though they may be discussed. Actions that are obnoxious but not expressly forbidden — including the practice of ']' — will attract censure. | Wikipedians are expected to use common sense. Actions that are reasonable but which contradict a strict reading of the rules should not be penalized, though they may be discussed. Actions that are obnoxious but not expressly forbidden — including the practice of ']' — will attract censure. | ||
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| '''Ignoring all rules''' is about cutting through bureaucracy and ] to construct an encyclopedia. | '''Ignoring all rules''' is about cutting through bureaucracy and ] to construct an encyclopedia. | ||
| ⚫ | It does not justify ] or destructive behaviour. Further, administrators should not use it to make up and enforce their own set of rules. | ||
| ===When NOT to ignore all rules=== | |||
| ⚫ | The more IAR looks like a stick of dynamite, the more you should think deeply before setting it off. | ||
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| * Administrators should not use IAR to make up and enforce their own set of rules. | |||
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| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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One of Misplaced Pages's rules to consider:
If rules make you nervous and depressed, then simply use common sense as you go about working on the encyclopedia. Being too wrapped up in rules can cause you to lose perspective, so there are times when it is best to ignore all rules ... including this one.
Our purpose here is to create an encyclopedia. The rules exist only to support that purpose. Our policies are meant to be neither straitjacket nor cudgel; they are merely a flexible framework within which we can cope with most common questions and problems. The spirit of our rules is far more important than their letter.
Wikipedians are expected to use common sense. Actions that are reasonable but which contradict a strict reading of the rules should not be penalized, though they may be discussed. Actions that are obnoxious but not expressly forbidden — including the practice of 'rules-lawyering' — will attract censure.
Ignoring all rules is about cutting through bureaucracy and red tape to construct an encyclopedia.
It does not justify actively disruptive or destructive behaviour. Further, administrators should not use it to make up and enforce their own set of rules.
The more IAR looks like a stick of dynamite, the more you should think deeply before setting it off.