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Wikipedia is an encyclopedia for general public use.
- It is not a soapbox for proselytizing any message, spiritual or secular.
- It is not a platform for pushing any agenda, religious, philosophical, or otherwise.
- It is not a venue for the righting of wrongs, great or small.
- It is not a vehicle for promotion of your church, guru, political organisation, or revolutionary therapy.
- It is not a struggle, contest, or game to win at all costs.
- It is not a verbal battleground in which to crush your ideological enemies.
If you do not understand these points, then you are not here to work on the encyclopedia, and the project will be happy to show you the door if you engage in disruptive editing.