Wikipedia:No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spider-Man

This is not a decree by the Cabal.^{[nb 1]} It is nonobligatory and not to be considered equivalent to a religious belief that all users are to follow.^{[nb 2]} When editing this page, please ensure that your revision does not reflect Supreme Cabalism.^{[nb 3]} When in doubt, discuss first on the talk page.

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This thing in a nutshell:

No Wikipedia editor may climb the Reichstag building dressed as Spider-Man in order to gain advantage in a content dispute.
It is, however, acceptable to climb the Reichstag dressed as Superman in order to gain advantage in a content dispute.
It is also acceptable to climb the Reichstag dressed as Spider-Man for purposes other than to gain advantage in a content dispute. It is always acceptable to scale the Reichstag dressed as Batman, for any reason, or no reason whatsoever.^{[nb 4]}

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"One can only think they’re profoundly stupid – and these people are obviously not – or that they’re so enraged they’re incapable of thinking."^[1]

"Yelling won't get you what you want. You have to be smart to get what you want."^[2]

Sometimes even the coolest of editors become involved in disputes over content. These may become heated, and sometimes degenerate into incivility and revert wars. These traditionally result in the disputed article being protected on the wrong version by a passing administrator. In extreme cases where the issues are of paramount importance, editors may be tempted to climb the Reichstag building dressed as Spider-Man in order to promote their cause. This is strongly discouraged and will result in a definite block from editing Wikipedia.

Intent[edit]

This is intended to stop content disputes from escalating to the extent of scaling public buildings dressed as popular comic book characters. Note that climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spider-Man is an absolute limit – not an entitlement! Users scaling any public building dressed as any popular comic book character may be blocked for disrupting Wikipedia to make a really stupid point. Even threatening to do so is generally viewed as unacceptable. Wikilawyering about how high up the Reichstag you climbed (or about what qualifies as a "popular" comic book character) is right out.

Review[edit]

Editors who believe that another user is on the verge of climbing the Reichstag building dressed as Spider-Man may place a request at the Administrators Noticeboard (Reichstag Climbing). Many administrators from the Rouge Admin Group will honour requests if asked (spammed on Talk pages at least 7 times), and will enforce blocks if warranted. Or unwarranted, we don't care too much actually. Maybe we'll just block people at random. That'll teach 'em!

It all boils down to this[edit]

Look, if you have been linked here from a Talk page or a Wikipedia debate such as articles for deletion, it's probably an indication that someone thinks you are taking things a bit too seriously. Perhaps you should have a nice cup of tea and a sit down. It is pretty certain that all conflicts can be amicably resolved before the publication deadline. And if they can't be resolved before the deadline, let the deadline pass.

Official corollaries[edit]

No jumping off the Reichstag dressed as Spider-Man[edit]

It's not a good idea to believe anyone who tells you that because you're dressed as Spider-Man, your superpowers will prevent you from injury when you jump off the top of the Reichstag. Similarly, it's never a good idea for anyone to delete the main page simply because they believe a new software feature now prevents them from doing it. If you survive the fall, you will only end up in the village stocks. This is unfortunate, as the tomatoes thrown at you are very, very stinky.

This applies even if you are the genuine Spider-Man[edit]

As Wikipedia has no policy for verifying your credentials, we cannot make exceptions to this policy even if you are the genuine Spider-Man or are genuinely named Spider-Man.

Other superheroes and buildings also covered[edit]

This shall also apply to climbing an M25 gantry dressed as Batman or climbing George Washington dressed as Superman. Army crawling along the A1 road dressed in the outfit of The Stig is acceptable, no matter the time of day, nor the place of entry nor exit.

Notes[edit]

^ However please ignore the fact that the audio file in the 'See also' section says the exact opposite, as Wikipedia can never hope to succeed as a great new religion unless it has enough self-contradictions in its sacred scriptures to guarantee that it has texts to satisfy every taste.
^ Ditto.
^ Ditto.
^ However please note that this only remains so because the Supreme Cabal is still debating whether or not it would be sexist and/or homophobic to declare it unacceptable to climb the Reichstag dressed as Batman if done for the purpose of gaining advantage in a content dispute by publicly performing unspeakably naughty acts with Catwoman and/or Robin the Boy Wonder.

References[edit]

^ Very Naughty Boys (quoting John Cleese).
^ Quoting an unnamed raspy voice from 12 Monkeys.

[1] However please ignore the fact that the audio file in the 'See also' section says the exact opposite, as Wikipedia can never hope to succeed as a great new religion unless it has enough self-contradictions in its sacred scriptures to guarantee that it has texts to satisfy every taste.

[2] Ditto.

[3] Ditto.

[4] However please note that this only remains so because the Supreme Cabal is still debating whether or not it would be sexist and/or homophobic to declare it unacceptable to climb the Reichstag dressed as Batman if done for the purpose of gaining advantage in a content dispute by publicly performing unspeakably naughty acts with Catwoman and/or Robin the Boy Wonder.

[5] Very Naughty Boys (quoting John Cleese).

[6] Quoting an unnamed raspy voice from 12 Monkeys.

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