Wikipedia talk:Use common sense

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Contents 1 About this page 2 Coomon sense 3 Essay purpose? 4 Be happy!

[edit] About this page

This page was created as a fork of Ignore all rules. Some felt there wasn't enough detail in "IAR" as it as called and others wanted to maintain its brief original form. This fork was created to expand more on the concepts of IAR. For a complete history, see the IAR talk page. --Wgfinley 05:00, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I think the Monty Hall problem shows that the idea behind this policy is flawed.Geni 22:54, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. There's no common sense. Zocky | picture popups 12:25, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

It isn't supposed to be policy at all. --LBMixPro^{<Speak|on|it!>} 02:18, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Coomon sense

I do agree – only problem faced (sometimes) is that common sense is rather uncommon. --Bhadani 16:49, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Essay purpose?

What path or policy exactly is this essay trying to propose? I see two potential applications that the author may be trying to support, but am not sure which is the intention.

The first application would be essentially that if the rules seem to not directly apply to an issue, rather than fretting over it you should just take action.

The second application would be that if you personally think a rule is nonsensical, you ignore it.

The 1st application seems like wise advice, since the rules will obviously never cover every possible situation. The 2nd, however, is taking the position that personal discretion supercedes the Wikipedia guidelines and user consensus. Users who follow their own judgment over policy and consensus are the cause of more trouble on Wikipedia than anything else, with the possible exception of faulty article edits made out of simple ignorance.--Tjstrf 20:10, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Be happy!

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Dear Wikipedian, you have acheived a considerable number of edits on wikipedia. This can mean, that you devote a large proportion of your free time to improving the articles on this free encyclopedia. I would like to remind you, however, that Wikipedia is not the best thing that happened to mankind since 2000, it is just a mere internet project, and there are lots of other things you can do, if you want to serve the community you live in. There might be opportunities in your local municipality, that would allow you to volunteer your time and efforts to help the diseased, disabled, or otherwise handicapped people. There are also organisations, that would use your time and work to help people in areas of world, where people have never actually seen a computer in their entire life, and don't know what internet or wikipedia is. Such organisations target hunger, diseases, or the lack of proper education in those areas. Please, try to reconsider, if you donate your time and efforts to the community that needs them the most.

Azmoc 20:52, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Cute, but what's considered a "considerable" edit count? Also, some people might be insulted by the implication that they don't do anything offline to help people. I know I would be, since I have a 1500+ count, but also am active in my community as well. So, I would definitely stress caution in using this template, if at all. --tjstrf 21:05, 24 July 2006 (UTC)