Wikipedia:Haiku about Wikipedia policy

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Notability

If only one source
Can be found for your subject
No article here.

Usernames

In your username
May be no reference to
An obscenity

Copyright violations

Content pages that
Violate a copyright
Will be deleted

No copy and paste
Google is not a good source
Tempting it may be

No personal attacks

If you say mean things
to others on or off site
you may be blocked fast.

Calling me a dick
May seem like a lot of fun
Indefinite block!

Attribution

Write your article
With reliable sources
That have been published.

Neutral point of view

Articles must not
Favor any one viewpoint
They must be neutral.

No original research

Facts in articles
You must attribute elsewhere
Not your own research.

What Wikipedia is not

Wikipedia:
'Net encyclopedia
And not something else.

Wikipedia is not a crystal ball

Do not speculate
If it hasn't happened yet.
State facts, cite sources.

Speedy deletion

Some articles may
Be deleted speedily
If nonsense or ads.

Complete gibberish
Will be deleted on sight,
Do not even try

Why are you famous?
If you cannot tell us soon
Article goes "bye!"

Three-revert rule

Revert once or twice
Or even a third time, but
Beware of the fourth

Ignore all rules

Ignore all the rules
Only if they do not work;
This is very rare.

As spiders spin webs,
So are the rules around here.
Be Bold. You're Allowed.

Sometimes one must just
Ignore all the rules so that
One can end a sentence.

Ownership

All that you write here
Is editable by all
And not you alone

Consensus

Express your own view
But once we reach consensus
Agree to abide

In serenity
Everyone stops arguing.
That is consensus.

Sun comes after rain,
And all have stopped arguing.
This is consensus.

Sock puppetry

To yourself be true
So avoid playing with socks
Or even with meat

Biographies of living persons

Source, and be neutral
Always, but especially
About the living

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia

Wikipedia 
An Encyclopedia 
It is that simple

Don't be a dick

Being a real dick
Will probably get you banned
You can't lawyer this