User:Dylan620/Adoption/Coldplay Expert/lesson1

Communicating productively with other editors
When communicating with other editors, you want them to feel comfortable with communicating with you. This shall be a review of appropriate behavior for Wikipedia; it is a mandatory lesson in my adoption program.


 * WP:NPA - Please do not purposefully insult or disparage other users.
 * WP:CIVIL - Remember to maintain a respect for wiki policy, and to be nice to other users.
 * WP:AGF - Assume good faith. If an unconstructive edit appears as so that the user making it did not mean for the edit to be unconstructive, please assume that the edit was made in good faith.
 * WP:HA - Harassment is totally unacceptable here on Wikipedia.
 * WP:COOL - Remember to stay cool to stay cool when the editing gets hot, that is, when things begin to escalate into heated debate. The founder's talk page and the Administrators' Noticeboard are common locations for heated debate.
 * WP:OUTING - Posting personal information about other users is not only utterly unacceptable, but also poses a potential danger to the user being outed. Attempts to out other users require immediate oversight (permanent deletion of edits), and a long-term – if not permanent – block on the user perpetrating the outing.
 * WP:TROLL - Don't purposefully anger or upset other users, please.
 * WP:DICK - Abide by that and all other behavioral polices are unnecessary.

Failure to comply with the above behavioral requirements may lead to you being blocked, or in extreme cases banned. -- Dylan 620  (contribs, logs, review) 00:37, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Comments
Well first off let me say thanks for doing all of this :) Now on to the questions. I have a few. I havent gotten to fully read the other essays yet but when I do ill be sure to ask Q's if I have any :)-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk 02:53, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) This might seem sort of stupid but is there really a diffrence between WP:NPA and WP:TROLL? You see NPA states "Comment on content, not on the contributor" but would'nt that also fall under TROLL as trolling by definition is "any deliberate and intentional attempt to disrupt the usability of Wikipedia for its editors, administrators, developers, and other people who work to create content for and help run Wikipedia." I guess these two are closelly related, like all Personal attacks can be some form of trolling while not all trolling is personal attacks.
 * 2) I have read and heard about WP:COOL before but I seem to crack when under preasure. Take a look at Articles for deletion/List of unreleased Coldplay songs those comments that were directed at me were rude and uncalled for so I snaped. I whis I didnt but the fact that someone said It also doesn't help that the article was created by User:Coldplay Expert. because of that comment I went all out on him. (You have to understand that I was mad) So my question is...do you have any good tips for dealing with stuff like that in the future :) I dont like people to steriotype me because of my name (It was a good idea at the time but now its terrible as some people dont take me seriously).
 * 3) As for WP:OUTTING im not that stupid (or mean) to post personal info about someone. It does seem wierd that people do that though. Is this another instance of TROLLING?
 * I personally think that trolling differs because it's just pestering other users and trying to cause a disturbance. Personal attacks are basically just insults - trolling can be a little more complicated. Meanwhile, re the advice - just stay calm. Be civil, assume good faith, and calmly explain to the editor in question (who was, in the case of the AfD, TAM) why you believe their assertions are correct. Be sure, though, to check relevant policies to see if the other editor is acting within policy. Also, yeah, I suppose outing could be considered trolling - extremely severe trolling, but still. -- Dylan 620  (contribs, logs, review) 23:43, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you, well now that I have read the policies that you posted, what now? (Is confused)-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk 23:45, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, the next lesson, of course! Unfortunately, I don't have any more time tonight, so I'll check back in tomorrow. Cheers! -- Dylan 620  (contribs, logs, review) 02:25, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * No problems Dylan :) Its getting late here too so I have to ga as well. Thanks!-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk 02:28, 1 December 2009 (UTC)