Wikipedia:You might be wikilawyering if...
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- With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy
- You might be Wikilawyering if...
- ...you cite more than 2 policies or guidelines in one sentence.
- ...you point out that WP:ACRONYM1 is a policy, while WP:ACRONYM2 is only a guideline.
- ...you check whether something is a policy, guideline, or essay before citing it.
- ...you attempt to change a policy, guideline, or essay into any of the others so that other editors won't be "confused".
- ...you're posting to WP:ANI, and you're not laughing while doing it.
- ...you tell someone that their "vote" "doesn't count".
- ...you explain why you don't have to "AGF".
- ...you reread WP:AGF to decide whether or not you still have to.
- ...you respond to a block for edit warring by arguing that your third revert was more than 24 hours after your first one.
- ...you notice that a policy or guideline doesn't support your position, so you edit the policy or guideline.
- ...people keep telling you that you're Wikilawyering.
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