User:PigFlu Oink/WPDUTY
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Editors when debating what should or should not be included in articles often base their arguments on Duty, Safety, or Doing the Right Thing. These debates most often occur on current events.
- "Because people are illogically killing hogs we should remove all refrences to swine from the name of this disease."
- "Because people may hurt themselves we should not put this in the article."
These arguments are based on emotion, a sense of duty, and a false sense of what Wikipedia is for.
Wikipedia's only Duty is to build a great encyclopedia.
| Wikipedia does not undertake causes. | no wiki-crusades |
| Wikipedia is not an agent of social change. | no wiki-change |
| Wikipedia is not a forum for free speech. | no wiki-forum |
| Wikipedia is not here to save the whales. | no wiki-save |
| Wikipedia is not here to do "The Right Thing". | no wiki-right |
| Wikipedia is not here to free Tibet. | no wiki-free |
| Wikipedia is not here to hug trees, pet puppies, or kiss babies. | no wiki-love |
| Wikipedia is not here to keep people from doing stupid stupid things. | no wiki-dumb |
| Wikipedia is not here to sing the praises of a religion or any religious figures. | no wiki-praise |
| Wikipedia is not here to deify Barrack Obama, Ron Paul or Steven Colbert. | no wiki-fluff |
| Wikipedia is not here to campaign for candidates, laws, or issues. | no wiki-campaigns |
| Wikipedia is not here to declare or even argue which is the right theory on God, Creation, marriage. | no wiki-declarations |
| Wikipedia is not a substitute for common sense. | no wiki-duh |
Wikipedia is only here to build a great encyclopedia, present well sourced reliable information in a concise NPOV manner, and let the world take it from there.