Wikipedia:Wikipedia clichés

Due to overuse, editors are asked to avoid adding the following text strings to Wikipedia's database:
 * 1) "more heat than light"
 * 2) "a solution in search of a problem"
 * 3) "witch hunt"
 * 4) "mob" with or without "pitchforks" and/or "torches"
 * 5) "pound of flesh"
 * 6) "[other page] is that way"
 * 7) "beyond the pale"
 * 8) "net positive"/"net negative"
 * 9) "not a good look"/anything mentioning "optics"
 * 10) "if it isn't broke, don't fix it"
 * 11) "just don't like it"
 * 12) "suboptimal"
 * 13) "sound of crickets"
 * 14) "I thought they were already an administrator"
 * 15) "[problem], again" in headers
 * 16) "pile-on"/"dogpile"
 * 17) "get a thicker skin"
 * 18) "civility/tone police"
 * 19) "spend more time building an encyclopedia", said to editors who complain about being unable to build an encyclopedia