“If rules make you nervous and depressed, and not desirous of participating in the Wiki, then ignore them and go about your business.”

—  Lee Daniel Crocker

First version http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules&oldid=54587 of the Wikipedia:Ignore all rules policy (17 April 2002)

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American software programmer 1963

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