Wikipedia:No episcopal threats

Johann Otto von Gemmingen, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg in Bavaria (1591–1598). Aside from being dead for several centuries, he's not going to help you with any disputes on Wikipedia.

When editing Wikipedia, it is inevitable: a change you make gets reverted, a piece of content you've added is contested, or really any mishap involving your contributions happens. In any case, it's of paramount importance that you stay cool, be civil, and conduct yourself properly in order to resolve the issue in the right fashion. Among the ways to bungle this orderly process are by making personal attacks, casting aspersions, and being just tone-deaf to the consensus.

There is one action of misconduct that takes the cake from anything else. It is wholly unacceptable on the English Wikipedia (and on Mulberry Street, to think that you'd see it there) to get the bishops involved. For goodness sakes', if the bishops get involved, the world may implode. The apocalypse is liable to start. McDonald's ice cream machines may start functioning properly. Dr. Doofenshmirtz may finally take over the tri-state AREA!!!!!!!

    The mere thought of getting the bishops involved is just too much to bear.

If the bishops are unrighteously invoked in any event or process on Wikipedia, sheer chaos is bound to ensue. Let's just not invoke them, m'kay?


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