User:PigeonOfTheNight/Da-Guide-Prologue

Prologue
In the Beginning, Oh Best Beloved, The Internet came into being. And with it came the Social Media, the Online Forums, and other useless Mumbo-Jumbo. And while The Internet DID contain a lot of useful information, people were too lazy to go out and look for it. So things were messed up.

And then a Great Man named Jimbo Wales (do not forget his name, Oh Best Beloved, for He is a Special Man) had a vision. And He declared thus:

"Let there be a new website, free of this Social Networking; let it be devoted to supplying information throughout the World; let there be WIKIPEDIA, the free encyclopedia which anyone can edit!"

And it was so.

Then Jimbo Wales (do not forget his name, Best Beloved) decided that there must be Rules for this encyclopedia. So He traveled to the Mountain of Wikimedia, and returned with two stone tablets upon which were written the Eleven Commandments of Wikipedia. And they declared thus:
 * 1) Thou shalt fill this site only with the Encyclopedic, for of the Unencyclopedic Thou shalt not eat.
 * 2) Thou shalt not advertise.
 * 3) Thou shalt not vandalize.
 * 4) Thou shalt write in an encyclopedic tone.
 * 5) Thou shalt remain civil towards other editors.
 * 6) Thou shalt not engage in edit wars.
 * 7) Thou shalt cite reliable sources.
 * 8) Thou shalt not use the site for Social Media.
 * 9) Thou shalt not covet other site's material.
 * 10) Thou shalt ---(the last commandment is unfortunately lost.)

And it was so.

But later, Oh Best Beloved, the trouble started as it had at other sites. Vandals appeared, Social Net-workers sprouted up, and Flamers blighted the lives of well-meaning editors. And Jimbo Wales (make sure you do not forget his name!) decided that Something must be done. And He declared thus:

"Let us fight against this Evil; For we should not Succumb!"

And to this day, we are still fighting.

(NB: The prologue ends here because the rest of the history of Wikipedia is not relevant to "Da Guide". "Da Guide" will be focusing on carrying out the 10 [or rather, 9] Commandments, and on fighting against the Vandals/Flamers/Social Networkers.)