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Wikipedia may seem like it has a lot of rules, but these are the important ones:

#'''[[WP:IAR|Ignore all rules]].''' "If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it." TheThis is arguably the most important rule on Wikipedia. It is a [[WP:PG|policy]] on Wikipedia, and according to cofounder [[User:Jimbo|Jimbo Wales]], "always has been". A corollary is that the spirit of the rules is more important than the letter.

#'''[[WP:BB|Be bold]].''' If you see a mistake, '''fix it'''. If you see some way to improve Wikipedia, '''do it'''.

#'''[[WP:NPV|Neutral point of view]].''' Wikipedia isn't a place for putting opinions in articles.

#'''[[WP:OR|No original research]].''' Everything in an article must come from a [[WP:RS|reliable source]]. Wikipedia is not a place to add new information or interpretations of things.

#'''[[WP:V|Information must be verifiable]].''' Any information added to an article must come from a reliable source. Make sure to cite those sources too, or information you add might be removed or slapped with the {{citation needed}} tag.

#'''[[WP:OR|No original research]].''' Everything in an article must come from a [[WP:RS|reliable source]]. Wikipedia is not a place to add new information or interpretations of things.

#'''[[WP:BB|Be bold]].''' If you see a mistake, '''fix it'''. If you see some way to improve Wikipedia, '''do it'''. Unless the page is [[WP:PP|protected]], in which case you should make an [[WP:ER|edit request]]... '''as boldly as possible'''. If your edit gets [[WP:RV|reverted]], seek [[WP:CON|consensus]] on the page's [[H:TP|talk page]] instead on whether the edit should be made (this is called the [[WP:BRD|bold, revert, discuss cycle]]).

#'''[[WP:EW|Don't edit war]].''' Explain why you made an edit by using an [[H:ES|edit summary]]. If necessary, explain further on the article's talk page. If you [[WP:3R|revert an edit 3 times]] in 24 hours, you may be [[WP:BP|blocked]].

#'''[[WP:JERK|Don't be a jerk]].''' Treat other editors with [[WP:CIV|civility]]. Remember that [[WP:IAN|Wikipedians]] are people too. [[WP:PA|Don't call anyone a jerk either.]]

#'''[[WP:NPA|No personal attacks]].''' Focus on the content, not the editor.

#'''[[WP:AGF|Assume good faith]].''' Assume other editors have good intentions, unless they [[WP:VD|do something to convince you otherwise]].

#'''[[H:H|Ask for help]].''' There are many places to do this, including the [[WP:HD|help desk]], the [[WP:TH|teahouse]] and the talk page of the article you're editing. Just make sure to [[WP:~|sign your posts]] on discussion pages<ref>Including talk pages and other pages where discussions happen, such as [[WP:AFD|articles for deletion]], [[WP:RFA|requests for adminship]], the [[WP:VP|village pump]], and the other pages already mentioned in this rule.</ref> with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>!

==Other pages like this==

*[[WP:TRI|Trifecta]]

*[[WP:5P|Five pillars]]

*[[WP:SR|Simplified ruleset]]

==Notes==

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