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Ignoring all rules is one of five pillars of Wikipedia that encourages improving Wikipedia, which might be prevented by a rule. Doing so is very tempting but can be misused. There are alternatives to ignoring all rules. However, if all options become unsatisfactory and are but exhausted, ignoring all rules would become one of last remaining options. Question: will you ignore all rules?