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{{nutshell|Please be as mean to others as possible, especially the newcomers. Remember to [[Wikipedia:Assume bad faith|assume bad faith]]. Material considered too civil may be challenged and removed.}}<br />
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[[file: WikiVampires.JPG|200px|thumb|[[Wikipedia:WikiVampire|WikiVampires]] love to feast on the [[newbies]].]]<br />
Wikipedia always has lots of newcomers that drive you up the wall. We must be [[WP:WikiBullying|extremely hostile to them]] in order to have them understand [[WP:What Wikipedia is not|the true meaning of Wikipedia]].<br />
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New members often seem all sweetness and light at first, but most turn out to be vandals and bad-faith editors at the end. Therefore, it is very important to assume bad faith and bite them. Hard.<br />
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== Definition of a 'newbie' ==<br />
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In general, a '''newbie''' is an editor who joined Wikipedia this very moment. However, some say that any Wikipedia member that joined after 2001 is a newbie. Therefore, we must learn to bite each other and even ourselves&nbsp;– even if you have been editing Wikipedia since [[Jimmy Wales|Jimbo Wales]] came.<br />
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== How to bite a newbie ==<br />
[[File:Templates biting newbies.svg|100px|right|thumb|Please bite<br>the newbies]]<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Assume bad faith|Assume bad faith]]<br />
* Use very strong words<br />
* [[Wikipedia:WTF? OMG! TMD TLA. ARG!|Confuse them with Wikipedia jargon]]<br />
* Revert their edits, even if they are constructive (make sure to use edit summaries such as "reverting vandalism", "reverting troll" and "reverting [[WP:SOCK|sockpuppet]]", even if they are reverting vandalism themselves).<br />
* Tag their articles for (preferably [[WP:CSD|speedy]]) [[WP:Deletion|deletion]]<ref>{{cite AV media |date=31 Mar 2009 |title=Dragon |medium=streaming video |language=English |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90X5NJleYJQ&t=2m15s |access-date=27 March 2015 |archive-url= |format=mp4 |time=2m15s minutes in |publisher=Homestarrunnerdotcom }} Comedic illustration of abusive article deletion.</ref><br />
* Report them to the [[WP:AN|administrators' noticeboard]]<br />
* Threaten to put them on trial at [[WP:ArbCom|ArbCom]] (or even actually do it)<br />
* Respond to their reports of problems in articles by telling them they have to do it in a "change X to Y format"<br />
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== Userbox ==<br />
If you have succeeded in biting newbies, be sure to add the following userboxes to your userpage:<br />
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{{usbktop}}<br />
{{usbk|User:Kayau/Bite}}<br />
{{usbk|User:Kayau/Bite you}}<br />
{{usbkbottom}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Newcomers are delicious, so go ahead and bite them]]<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Give 'em enough rope, and they'll hang themselves]]<br />
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...what the hell is [[Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newbies|this]]?<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Wikipedia essays|humour}}<br />
[[Category:Wikipedia essays about competence]]</div>Tachyony