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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 

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

&pi;) Remember to <math>always\ use\ math\ markup</math> in the middle of mathematical paragraphs, noone cares about font sizes anyway.⏎
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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 on Talk: pages, but posting facts and corrections there is what the Talk: 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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