User:GRuban/Conflicts

Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress?
Sure. While I don't seek out drama or focus on controversy, neither do I shy away from them. I wouldn't be applying for the mop if that caused me stress, since being involved in (and resolving!) conflicts is a noticeable part of what admins do.

Here are all the disagreements I could find in the last 6 months. None were very serious and all resolved. I hope I was a part of resolving them constructively rather than destructively, even if some didn't close the way I'd have preferred. That's the important thing, not "winning".

Useful essays:
 * User:Antandrus/observations on Wikipedia behavior
 * User:MastCell
 * User:Bishonen/Optimist's guide to Wikipedia
 * What you won't learn in new admin school

Namespace Talk

 * Talk:Timeline_of_tabletop_role-playing_games - was WoW a standalone roleplaying game, or only an expansion of an earlier one?
 * Talk:Brian_Martin_(social_scientist) - should we write the response of an article subject to a claim about him?
 * Talk:Yale_student_abortion_art_controversy - what should this article be named and what about the artist?
 * Talk:Brad_Smith_(American_lawyer) - some User:GRuban/CoI questions
 * Talk:Sarah_Jane_Brown/Archive_10 - not really a personal conflict, mainly a huge discussion
 * Talk:Donald_Trump/Archive_83 - only one edit from me, but in a highly controversial area, was part of a reasonable argument, and possibly contributed to Andrevan's sad fate
 * Talk:Diamond_and_Silk - A dispute over the caption of an image I uploaded for this article.
 * Talk:Daniel_Mallory_Ortberg - Should we keep a photo of the subject before their Transitioning (transgender)?

Namespace User talk

 * User talk:GRuban/RfA - ironically enough, a discussion about a discussion
 * User_talk:GRuban - more User:GRuban/CoI questions
 * User_talk:Eccentricsleevenotes - user had a problem with an image of the subject that I had uploaded, we discussed it, he had a much better image, and I was able to help him put it in the article
 * User talk:GreenUnikorn - Again, user had a problem with an image of the group, we discussed it, and he was able to upload an image that he liked better.

Namespace Wikipedia

 * Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius - An AfD for a book that I thought was clearly a keep, closed as delete. I started a deletion review - in which I was criticized for commenting about the closer's reasoning, which I accept, shouldn't have, sorry about that. The deletion was upheld.
 * Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard How should we treat a notable attack on a non notable person?
 * Articles for deletion/Elizabeth O'Day - A deletion of an article I approved from Articles for Creation.

Namespace Wikipedia talk

 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countering systemic bias - Is there systemic bias against government sources? Probably discussed too long here, nothing productive after a while.
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countering systemic bias/Gender gap task force - a project member makes dozens of short articles on NZ female academics, but only uses "they" pronouns. Several of us try to convince him to use "she"; he refuses, but says he won't revert it if someone changes. So I take the task on myself. Two dozen so far, working. --GRuban (talk) 02:08, 11 September 2018 (UTC)