On 8/15/05, Michael Turley <michael.turley(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Make your motivations more clear than you're used
to making them.
I think this one is the most important one in your list to keep in
mind on wikipedia. It can be especially hard in non-face-to-face
communications to convey subtle things like tone, but making your
motivations clear can be very mediating in disputes as it helps the
other side understand where you're coming from and exactly what in the
dispute is important to you. Many negotiations can flounder when
people haggle over results rather than first establishing what's
important to each side and why.
Laurascudder