Wikipedia:Ignore all rules

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The following is policy on the English Wikipedia, and according to Jimbo Wales, it "always has been." Ignore all rules was Wikipedia's first rule to consider.

Shortcuts: WP:IAR WP:IGNORE

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

[edit] See also

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• Wikipedia:What "Ignore all rules" means, an interpretation of this policy
• Other versions of this policy, from the edit history or Talk:Ignore all rules

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Global principles	What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT) • Ignore all rules (WP:IAR, WP:IGNORE)
Article standards policies	Neutral point of view (WP:NPOV) • Verifiability (WP:V) • No original research (WP:NOR) • Biographies on living persons (WP:BLP) • Deletion policy (WP:DEL)
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