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If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it.
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Essays on this subject:
Focus on improvements, not rules
Ignoring all rules – a beginner's guide
Understanding IAR
What "Ignore all rules" means
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Snowball clause
Avoid instruction creep
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Reasonability Rule
The rules are principles
Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy
Letter and spirit of the law
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