Wikipedia:Ignore all rules

This page documents an English Wikipedia policy, a widely accepted standard that all editors should normally follow. Changes made to it should reflect consensus.

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If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it.

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Overview	Five pillars Policies and guidelines List of policies and guidelines List of policies List of guidelines

Project-wide principles	Consensus Dispute resolution Editing policy Ignore all rules What Wikipedia is not Wikipedia is not a dictionary

Core content policies	Neutral point of view No original research Verifiability

Other content policies	Article titles Autobiography Biographies of living persons Image use

Content guidelines	Citing sources Don't create hoaxes Do not include copies of primary sources External links Fringe theories Identifying reliable sources Notability Patent nonsense

Behavioural policies	Child protection Civility Courtesy vanishing Edit warring Harassment No legal threats No personal attacks Ownership of content Sock puppetry

Behavioural guidelines	Assume good faith Conflict of interest Disruptive editing Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point Etiquette Gaming the system Please do not bite the newcomers

Editing guidelines	Article size Be bold Disambiguation Hatnotes Set index articles Signatures Subpages Talk page guidelines User pages Vandalism WikiProjects

Style conventions	Manual of Style Contents Accessibility Understandability Dates and numbers Images Layout Lead section Linking Lists

Classification guidelines	Categories, lists, and navigation templates Categorization Template namespace

Deletion policies	Attack page Criteria for speedy deletion Deletion policy Oversight Proposed deletion Proposed deletion of BLP Proposed deletion (books) Revision deletion

Wikimedia Foundation	List of policies Licensing and copyright Privacy policy Values

Book Category: Policies / Guidelines

Wikipedia:Ignore all rules

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