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[[WP:STANDING|Discussions are never standing policy]]. They address immediate situations and do not make permanent decisions. Any discussions that have been held a significant amount of time ago may be out of date, based on changes that have taken place either on Wikipedia or in the outside world. The more time that has passed since that discussion, the less likely it is to be applicable.

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==Threats and intimidation==

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* "If you do that again, I will report you."

* "Don't do that or you will be blocked."

* "Anyone changing this will be violating [this] policy."

* "Do this and you will lose some privileges."

On Wikipedia, [[Wikipedia:No personal attacks|personal attacks are not tolerated]]. In particular, it is unacceptable to threaten another with some form of action that cannot or will not likely be taken. When editors make threats like these, and the environment becomes hostile, the victims, especially [[WP:NEWBIE|those who are new]] are scared away from Wikipedia altogether.

==Three revert rule==