Wikipedia:IARUNCOMMON
Wikipedia:Ignore all rules is for uncommon situations
Wikipedia:Ignore all rules is intended for uncommon situations that were not envisaged by the rule you are ignoring. If you ever find yourself having (or even wanting) to ignore a rule on a regular basis then either you or the rule is wrong and one or the other needs changing.
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