David Gerard said:
Fred Bauder (fredbaud@ctelco.net) [050122 00:33]:
As we offer no alternatives to you other than giving up or breaking Wikipedia rules yourself, the problem must be solved using our dispute resolution procudure.
Which starts with the talk page. Please, put the results of reference hunting work on the talk page rather than revert warring!
You know, I'm new here, just three-and-a-bit months, but I have some rules. I didn't originate them, I kinda absorbed them. I recommend them to all. And you know what? I quite often follow them myself! The best one is this: if you have good reason to believe that somebody is going to have a problem with your edit, *make a posting on the talk page describing the edit, explaining why you're making it, and inviting all other editors to revert if they want. Make it plain that you will not under any circumstances be drawn into an edit war. Invite all and sundry to discuss the edit. *Then do the edit on the article*. If the edit is reverted, *do not engage in an edit war*.
And if and when there is a discussion. *listen* to what people say. Everybody loves to be listened to. And then, when you've done enough listening, if you're still sure that your edit enjoys so much support that it's the right thing to do, *ram that sucker in again* and *invite people to revert it if they think that is the right thing to do.* If this doesn't work for you, it's probably because you haven't yet learned how to build a consensus.