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Common sense is often used to justify opinions and decisions. However, Wikipedians come from diverse ethnic, religious, political, cultural and ideological backgrounds and have vastly different beliefs on everything from science to shoe shopping. Other editors are likely to ascribe vastly different meanings and values to words and concepts than you. Paradoxically, written agreements and guidelines are the only sense that we have in common.
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See also
- Wikipedia: Use common sense
- Wikipedia:Reduce confusion by following policy
- Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy
- Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View
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