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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.)

(contracted; show full)6) There <i>is</i> a rule number six!  This is it!


7)  If the morons, imbeciles and Yahoo! are making your life a misery in the /Talk section, simply start up a /Chat page instead. That'll teach them!

8)  Rule (5) does not apply if you wipe the entire page containing months of hard work and put up your own 3-sentence stub instead


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9) If the original author used American spelling, insert long passages in British spelling. And vice versa.  

9.1) Also, remember that [[w:England]], [[w:Britain]], and [[w:Madagascar]] are synonymous and may be used interchangeably.

9.2) Ditto for [[w:Australia]] and [[w:New Zealand]].

9.3) And [[w:America]], [[w:USA]] and [[w:Canada]].

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29) If you have [[sysop]] powers, make sure to [[IP ban]] anyone that you think might be someone who may possibly have offended someone earlier - no point in letting [[troll]]s write articles.  [[w:The Economist]] does, and look at their audience - sheesh.


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----30) never let a sense of humour get in the way of deleting content... (<font color="pink">Ooh! Pink!</font>