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''This page is meant to be tongue in cheek!'' 

'''Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Here is a list of Ways Not To Write Encyclopedia Articles:''' 

(see the [[w:Wikipedia:FAQ]], [[w:Wikipedia:Wikipetiquette]], [[w:Wikipedia:Rules to consider]], and [[w:Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not]] for more serious thoughts.)

-1) Numerical lists don't need to start at one or even zero, and they don't need to restrict themselves to the integers, so add whatever you like wherever you like without adjusting the numbers.  People should be thanking you for keeping them in increasing order.

0) [[The Cunctator]]'s Anti-Rule: Delete or overwrite that which annoys you in any way. Especially the parts about 

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1) Remember:  YOU ARE RIGHT.  Anybody who disagrees with you or changes what you wrote is quite possibly an agent of [[w:Satan]], and at the very least a [[w:Nazi]]. (They are probably also a bedwetter).

2) Try to start at least one entry a day on a topic you know nothing about. Failing that, at least substantially edit the work of someone else in a subject area you are unfamiliar with.

3) It is your moral responsibility to introduce pedantic (Wikipedantic?) and anal-retentive irrelevancies in /Talk discussions

4) It is your obligation to inform people of their inadequacies with regard to the English language. 

5) As a corollary to 1) above, THE AUTHOR IS RIGHT and so you must NEVER change anything directly... long debates are acceptable ion the /Talk sectionTalk: pages, but posting facts and corrections there is what the /Talk section is: pages are all about.
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5.5) Add arbitrary horizontal rules :-)
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6) There <i>is</i> a rule number six!  This is it!


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17) Feel free to delete any of these anti-rules as well - refer to rule 15 (unless it's been deleted).

18) Remember that all people and races are fundamentally different. For example, 10 people waving banners in Kuala Lumpur indicates that Malaysia is a catastrophic hell-hole full of Islamic extremists. However, IRA terrorists bombing bridges and pubs in London is perfectly normal and the UK is still clearly a much safer place than those horrible places we see on TV.

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<nowiki>/Talk</nowiki>Talk: pages were created solely as a forum for you to advance your own personal crusade. People who attempt to limit discussion to the actual article the <nowiki>/Talk</nowiki>Talk: page is attached to are narrowminded, biased, and clearly out to hurt you personally.

20) <font color = blue> Use font colours and formatting to </font> <font color = red> '''express your individuality!''' </font>. We '''want''' to fill the Wikipdia with personal touches.

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25) Remember rule 1, and throw in as much as possible of your opinion, all in the name of [[Neutral point of view]]

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