Ask any questions you like and i will answer them. I trust your judgement after you receive my answers to anything you ask.
HK
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Lynch" To: "MacGyverMagic/Mgm" , "English Wikipedia" Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Conflict arising - what to do? Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 02:56:10 +0200
I think we need better answers. I am familar w cases like this, and where they end up. How about its a large POV lobby instead of a
single
user, and they are trying to POV an ancient and contentious topic, chasing off any and all NPOV users who come along?
Jack (Sam Spade)
On 6/23/05, MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
If all attempts at discussion fail, you can always try dispute
resolution.
--Mgm
On 6/23/05, Fred Bauder wrote:
For a start, on the talk page you might try to identify who the
some
people are and where they say these things. If the sources for
both
views can be identified, they can then be attributed. If the
real
source is one of the Wikipedia editors that is more
troublesome.
Fred
On Jun 22, 2005, at 8:07 PM, Habj wrote:
Let's say that:
There is an article about a relatively controversial subject
that, for
some reason, has not yet been through any massive edit wars.
Maybe the
subject is fairly new, the word in itself is pretty new so no
one has
actually written much about it- until now.
There are two people editing this article. You get involved a
bit, and
try to create what you feel is a neutral version. This makes
one side
immediatelly assume you belong to the Enemy. This person
creates a
version that says "some people say this, some people say
that" but it
is badly written, the reasoning is strange, it is hard to
understand
what he really means. Both sides are getting loud and
argumentative,
more concerned with being right than with what is logical and
not. The
subject is probably emotional to them. Maybe one side is
louder than
the other; maybe not.
You feel that hey - this isn't going to lead anywhere.
What do you do? Do you just leave the article and let them
fight? But
then, what happens if all the "good forces" just leave
whenever
problem arises? Should you ask someone to try and talk to
these
people? Is there a standard way of handling things like this,
or is
the only thing to do to stay away and wait until things are
so bad
that the article gets locked?
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