David Gerard said:
Fred Bauder (fredbaud(a)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.