Ignore all rules

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For the Wikipedia policy, see Wikipedia:Ignore all rules.

"Ignore all rules" is a rule to set rules aside.[1] In 2001, Stephen King made "ignore all rules" the second rule of reading in his autobiographical On Writing.[2]

"Ignore All Rules" is a "favorite" rule of the English-language open content encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Wikipedia has a tradition of treating rules skeptically, except for this rule.[3] The philosophy or mantra was championed by Larry Sanger[4] (a chief organizer of Wikipedia, 2001-2002), who made it the first of a set of site guidelines;[5] it continues to be disseminated by Jimmy Wales (its community founder).[citation needed] Sanger rejected his former stance of "ignore all rules" when launching Citizendium, another free content encyclopedia of which he is editor-in-chief.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Shapiro, Haim. "Matters of Taste", Jerusalem Post, 1995-07-14. Retrieved on 2008-06-04. 
  2. ^ Reid, Graham. "Stephen King: On Writing", New Zealand Herald, 2001-11-18. Retrieved on 2008-06-04. 
  3. ^ Cohen, Noam. "Defending Wikipedia's Impolite Side", New York Times, 2007-08-05. Retrieved on 2008-06-04. 
  4. ^ a b "Wikipedia founder rejects his 'ignore all rules' mantra in new online project: Larry Sanger launches Citizendium", ComputerWorld, 2007-04-02. Retrieved on 2008-06-04. 
  5. ^ Schiff, Stacy (2006-07-31). Know It All: Can Wikipedia conquer experience?. New Yorker. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
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