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About this page

This page was created as a fork of Ignore all rules. Some felt there wasn't enough detail in "IAR" as it as called and others wanted to maintain its brief original form. This fork was created to expand more on the concepts of IAR. For a complete history, see the IAR talk page. --Wgfinley 05:00, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I think the Monty Hall problem shows that the idea behind this policy is flawed.Geni 22:54, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. There's no common sense. Zocky | picture popups 12:25, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

It isn't supposed to be policy at all. --LBMixPro 02:18, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Coomon sense

I do agree – only problem faced (sometimes) is that common sense is rather uncommon. --Bhadani 16:49, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Essay purpose?

What path or policy exactly is this essay trying to propose? I see two potential applications that the author may be trying to support, but am not sure which is the intention.

The first application would be essentially that if the rules seem to not directly apply to an issue, rather than fretting over it you should just take action.

The second application would be that if you personally think a rule is nonsensical, you ignore it.

The 1st application seems like wise advice, since the rules will obviously never cover every possible situation. The 2nd, however, is taking the position that personal discretion supercedes the Misplaced Pages guidelines and user consensus. Users who follow their own judgment over policy and consensus are the cause of more trouble on Misplaced Pages than anything else, with the possible exception of faulty article edits made out of simple ignorance.--Tjstrf 20:10, 23 May 2006 (UTC)