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Wikipedia Anti-rules
''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.

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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.

21) Wikipedia has a professionally paid team of people whose sole purpose in life is to copyedit., It is not you're repsonibilty to check your tpyography.


  22) Use the single space indent as often as possible. People need the exercise that comes from having to use their mouse to grab the scroll bar at the bottom of the page and scroll across your fascinating commentary on whatever topic you chose to write about at that particular point in time, because after all it will be really worth it, won't it.

''Haha - Magnus's new script means that this rule doesn't really mean anything any more... it handles the text wrapping. For people who weren't here before, text that used a single space indent would form a single line, even if it scrolled off the page forever.''⏎
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37) Don't worry about numbers too much. No one cares about math.  
:''It's "maths", damn it! - See rule 9''
:''Ah, I just checked. I especially liked the "vice versa" part.''

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