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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.