Poor, Edmund W wrote:

Viajero wrote:

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Adam Carr demonstrated on articles like [[Anti-zionism]] that it seems to make a huge difference if ONE individual takes charge of the article with no particular authority except the confidence of other contributors. Adam is by no means impartial (who is?) but he has a gift for synthesizing various POVs into an effective, well- written organic whole.

I think this will work for any topic, provided an individual can be found who can win the confidence of the other contributors. I myself have managed to gain a degree of trust at [[Silesia]], and I have hopes that it may be sufficient to enable me to do in the Balkans what Viajeron suggests for the Middle East.

Agreed. To gain that confidence you need to be seen as listening to both sides of the dispute. It's an approach that is superior to the VfD process. Starting a discussion with "I want to delete your article." does not promote a collaborative approach to the problem. It brings out defensive attitudes.

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