Wikipedia:Ignore all rules

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

See also

Essays on this subject:

• Focus on improvements, not rules
• Ignoring all rules – a beginner's guide
• Understanding IAR
• What "Ignore all rules" means
• Alternative versions

Other topics:

• Avoid instruction creep
• Expectations and norms of the Wikipedia community
• Reasonability Rule
• The rules are principles
• Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy
• Letter and spirit of the law

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