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 | This page in a nutshell: Be reasonable at all times. Anything unreasonable that is being done shouldn't be done at all. |
While Wikipedia has its set of various rules and guidelines, there is one "unofficial" rule that should be observed by all who participate in the project: the reasonability rule.
The reasonability rule: if an action cannot be considered "reasonable" or "acceptable" by an objective third person, that action should not be performed.