Wikipedia:Haiku about Wikipedia policy
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[edit] Notability
- If only one source
- Can be found for your subject
- No article here.
- Notability
- Do not write about yourself
- Deletion is near
- Although it exists
- Check to see it's notable
- Or you may be blocked
[edit] Usernames
- In your username
- May be no reference to
- An obscenity
- Choose your name wisely
- It will stay with your edits
- Bad names go bye-bye
- Be careful, newbie
- Decide your fate your name will
- Change it you can, hrm?
[edit] Copyright violations
- Content pages that
- Violate a copyright
- Will be deleted
- No copy and paste
- Google is not a good source
- Tempting it may be
- Taken from elsewhere
- This ten-page article dies
- Very easily
[edit] No personal attacks
- If you say mean things
- to others on or off site
- you may be blocked fast.
- Calling me a dick
- May seem like a lot of fun
- Indefinite block!
[edit] Attribution
Write your article With reliable sources That have been published.
[edit] Neutral point of view
Articles must not Favor any one viewpoint They must be neutral.
[edit] No original research
Facts in articles You must attribute elsewhere Not your own research.
These unsourced beliefs like blossoms of cherry trees will be swept away.
[edit] What Wikipedia is not
Wikipedia: 'Net encyclopedia And not something else.
[edit] Wikipedia is not a crystal ball
Do not speculate If it hasn't happened yet. State facts, cite sources.
[edit] Wikipedia is not a travel guide
Wikipedia Cannot be a travel guide That's Wikitravel
[edit] Speedy deletion
Some articles may Be deleted speedily If nonsense or ads.
Complete gibberish Will be deleted on sight, Do not even try
Why are you famous? If you cannot tell us soon Article goes "bye!"
The Samurai moves Very fast to cut the Bad So must some Admins
No less than the leaves Does every page of CSD Expound the Dharma.
[edit] Three-revert rule
Revert once or twice Or even a third time, but Beware of the fourth
[edit] Ignore all rules
Ignore all the rules Only if they do not work; This is very rare.
As spiders spin webs, So are the rules around here. Be Bold. You're Allowed.
Sometimes one must just Ignore all the rules so that One can end a sentence.
Ignoring the Rules Serves all users here best, When Articles Strengthened
[edit] Ownership
All that you write here Is editable by all And not you alone
[edit] Consensus
Express your own view But once we reach consensus Agree to abide
In serenity Everyone stops arguing. That is consensus.
Sun comes after rain, And all have stopped arguing. This is consensus.
[edit] Sock puppetry
To yourself be true So avoid playing with socks Or even with meat
[edit] Biographies of living persons
Source, and be neutral Always, but especially About the living
careful, the living are jealous of articles so source - OH NOES! "BRAINS!"
[edit] Wikipedia is an encyclopedia
Wikipedia An Encyclopedia It is that simple
[edit] Don't be a dick
Being a real dick Will probably get you banned You can't lawyer this
[edit] List of Bad Article Ideas
Articles about Your cute pet, your band, or you: Very bad ideas
[edit] Vandalism
Countless bathroom walls For you to scribble upon - Except for this one
[edit] Copyrights
All text is licensed Under the GFDL, Free as in freedom
No Front-Cover Texts No Invariant Sections No Back-Cover Texts
[edit] Wikipedia:Request for Adminship
!voting up, or down candidate suffers great stress from silly questions
RfA causes People to freak out about silly little things.
[edit] Countering systemic bias
Haiku (はいく?) has three
Syllables in Japanese
But two in English.
