Wikipedia:If you're anxious for to shine

If you're anxious for to shine in the Wikipedian line
Surely not related at all to the song from Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience.


 * If you're anxious for to shine
 * In the Wikipedian line
 * For your civ-il-i-ty rare,
 * You must pick up all the germs
 * Of the wiki-shortcut terms
 * And plant them ev'rywhere.


 * You must know WP:CIVIL
 * And write WP:V drivel,
 * AGF with NPA -
 * The articles don't matter
 * If it's NPOV chatter
 * In a TLA-ish way!


 * And ev'ryone will say,
 * "'AGF with NPA!'
 * If he has such a grasp on wikiwords that he baffles each newbie,
 * Why, what a very model of a modern Wikipedian this editor must be!"


 * Be eloquent in praise
 * Of whatever Jimbo says
 * And quote him all the time.
 * Search the archive of his sayings
 * For whatever backs your brayings -
 * (This bit completes the rhyme.)


 * And your enemies, defeated
 * By a Jimbo quote repeated
 * Then cannot do a thing
 * For policy and guideline
 * Can only take a sideline
 * To our Wikipedian God-king!


 * And everyone will say,
 * When Jimbo rules the day,
 * "If this young man knows Jimbo quotes that had never yet been heard by me,
 * Why, what a most extraordinary kind of man this editor must be!"


 * Then if edit wars should happen
 * You're ideally placed to tap in
 * And push your POV.
 * Quote policy to back you -
 * If sources you should lack you
 * Can just make stuff up, you see!


 * Or find some work so obscure
 * That you can't get it anymore
 * And then use it to win the fight -
 * It will say just what you let it
 * So long as no one else can get it
 * And "Assume Good Faith" means to assume you're right!


 * And ev'ryone will say
 * If you edit in this way,
 * "If he will insist on edits that all other folks have panned
 * Then why the hell has nobody dealt with this jerk, and why is he not banned?"