Wikipedia talk:Use common sense

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Contents 1 About this page 2 Coomon sense 3 Essay purpose? 4 Be happy! 5 Moving page to Wikipedia:Use your best judgment

[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)

Actually, I have a theory that common sense is perfectly ubiquitous--because common sense is usually a code word implying that if you agree with me then you obviously have common sense, and if you don't then you're an idiot! (Please do not interpret this to mean that if you disagree with my theory then I consider you an idiot.) Cryptonymius 02:57, 19 December 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)

[edit] Moving page to Wikipedia:Use your best judgment

Elsewhere, it is stated that there is no common knowledge on Wikipedia, nor is there common sense. The idea of this essay does not contradict those, but the phrase it uses does. This is why I am moving this. The only thing being changed is the words, not the meaning, which is in line with what the essay professes.--Chris Griswold (☎☓) 00:22, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

I wish you'd put this out for a consensus vote first. The thing is, I had understood that WP and WP:SENSE were meant to complement each other like that. Also, none of the essays you cited are policies or guidelines of Wikipedia, so it's not like moving this clarifies any official policy of Wikipedia. You should probably read the fine essay Essays Are Not Policy. Also, next time you move a page, please clean up your mess: you left behind a whole slew of double-redirects which I just finished fixing. Thank you. --Aervanath 07:01, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm not liking the new name. It doesn't have the same connotations of simplicity, and the link is now out of context for most of its uses. I support moving it back to the old name. Picaroon 02:14, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, the new name totally doesn't get the point across. Even if there is technically no such thing as common sense, the concept does exist as something we can refer to. This is as bad as when they started randomly shuffling around WP:VAIN for the sake of political correctness. Can we please move it back? --tjstrf talk 02:21, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

As I'm already the fourth person opposing the move, I've been bold and moved it back. Sorry for creating a number of double redirects once again, gotta fix that later. :) --Conti|✉ 07:21, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

OK, move it back. I just feel that the name and the meaning are not at all the same thing in light of similar entries in the Wikipedia namespace. --Chris Griswold (☎☓) 07:48, 14 February 2007 (UTC)