Wikipedia:Ignore all rules/more detail

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Ignore all rules is one of the oldest rules on Wikipedia, written by Larry Sanger in 2001. The original wording was a bit different from today's version. It said: "If rules make you nervous and depressed, and not desirous of participating in the wiki, then ignore them entirely and go about your business."

Note that while ignoring all rules is alright, it is subtly but importantly different from deliberately breaking them. Meditate on that carefully before you actually apply this rule.