--- Robert rkscience100@yahoo.com wrote:

I have taken a 48 hour break from all Gaia articles, to avoid a flame war with Anthere. I also note that Anthere has done the same. And guess what? No more problems. Perhaps I was just a little irritable.

Apparently, Anthere and I can work together, as we haven't had any conflicts on [[Knowledge]], even in the heat of disagreeing with each other on [[Gaia]]. (And the Knowledge article, in theory, could be very contentious!)

How is our cooperation and lack of new flames possible? After all, all of us here have seen edit-wars and flame-wars on Wikipedia and on this Wikipedia-En list, that cover multiple topics, for days at a time. Yet our dispute wasn't even about POV, on only one article, and only for 1 1/2 days. Kind of lame for a fight. Maybe we will disagree on one more topic, for one more week, just to make it worthwhile? How about [[Cabbage]]? No one's had a flame-war on that yet... ;-)

I guess there really isn't a problem.

Robert (RK)

In our personal case, I think it would be kind of you not to make huge changes only in one save session. Especially when moving around whole paragraphs as well as removing some of them. I know editors prefer that the recent changes are not cluttered by tiny changes, but half of dozen of edits instead of a big one might help me feeling more secure in front of your edits. You might also consider separating changes likely to be controversial from others. Let's also assume good faith both of us, so avoid inflammatory comments in comments box. This gives very bad image to the encyclopedia anyway. And I am a quite susceptible person. Please also try to focus on science in the "science" article, and on politics in the "political" article. Please, also, consider taking your time. I am neither prolific nor quick to write in english.

Cabbage is unlikely to raise controversies, but who knows ? We could go on Kergelen realms, where C vitamins helped maintain the health of sailors, and perhaps find ourselves heading for Christopher Colombus. But I don't thing so.

Other crops, such as soya (GMOs, commercial dependance...) or palm oil (food security, food dumping, pseudo-food aid) are more likely to raise edit wars if you really want one. I do not.

Note that I have an advantage on you. Even if an pediholic, when tired of one wikipedia, I head to another

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