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{{quote|''Give me the judgment of balanced minds in preference to laws every time. Codes and manuals create patterned behavior. All patterned behavior tends to go unquestioned, gathering destructive momentum.''| [[Darwi Odrade]]<ref>{{Cite book | last=Herbert | first=Frank | title=[[Chapterhouse: Dune]] | year=1987 | publisher=Ace Books |isbn=0-441-10267-0 | pages=237}}</ref>}}
{{quote|''Be a sinner and sin boldly[...]''|[[Martin Luther]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Luther |first=Martin |title=Let Your Sins Be Strong: A Letter From Luther to Melanchthon Letter no. 99, 1 August 1521, From the Wartburg (Segment) Translated by Erika Bullmann Flores from: _Dr. Martin Luther's Saemmtliche Schriften_ Dr, Johannes Georg Walch, Ed. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, N.D.), Vol. 15,cols. 2585-2590. |url=http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/Luther-Sin-Boldly.html |accessdate=18 June 2013 |year=1521}}</ref>}}
{{quote|''Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.''|[[Douglas Bader]]}}
You do not need to read any rules before contributing to Wikipedia. If you do what seems sensible, it will usually be right, and if it's not right, don't worry. Even the [[WP:DDMP|worst mistakes]] are easy to correct: older versions of a page remain in the [[Help:page history|revision history]] and can be restored. If we disagree with your changes, we'll talk about it thoughtfully and politely, and we'll figure out what to do. So don't worry. '''[[Wikipedia:Be Bold|Be bold]]''', and enjoy helping to build this free encyclopedia.
* You are not required to learn the rules before contributing. Yes, we already said that, but it is worth repeating.
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