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 * Conflict Resolution (Conflict resolution)
 * Conflict resolution skills permeate every aspect of life. As human beings, it can be difficult to try and collaborate with someone else when we do not always see eye to eye. Being able to diffuse a high tension situation and work towards a common goal is a skillset that will make a person an asset to any organization.

Lead

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The lead not only gives a descriptive introduction to the overall concept, but it also provides real world examples and interchangeable terminologies. The lead also introduces different dimensions of the topic at hand and provides brief examples of the specific dimensions as well. The lead does not introduce the specific sections of the article, though. Overall, I think that lead was very detailed and informative, but some of the information may have not been relevant to the content of the rest of the article.

Content

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The information provided in the article is very informative. Going in, I knew very little about conflict resolution. After reading this article, I have a grasp on the general concept, I am familiar with different approaches and models, and I could even give examples of situations where conflict resolution is important. I think that the article addresses a lot of the ideologies associated with conflict resolution. The only concern I have as an editor is that it is to much information. I think that future editors should focus on explaining the general concepts of conflict resolution in a way that the average reader can understand. The editors can then add links and references that can redirect readers to other articles that go into more details on the different approaches and models of conflict resolution.

Tone and Balance

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Overall, i thought that this article was very informative without coming across as persuasive. The article lists an extensive amount of sources. It is very factual and unbiased. Also, I think that the article does a good job of providing multiple points of view and information on different approaches to conflict resolution. It plays around with context and relationships and how the two can influence different styles of conflict resolution.

Sources and References

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After checking a few of the links in the references section, they all lead to reliable, peer reviewed sources! There was also an extensive list of references. Also, I noticed that most of the references were relatively new. Most of them were from the 2000s up to more recent years. Something strange I did notice about the reference section was that all of the articles are cited in a different format. Some of them were in APA, some MLA, and other in a format I have never seen before. For me as a scholar, this is super important and something that can really hurt the validity of the article.

Organization

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While the article had few spelling or grammatical errors, I felt that the sections throughout the article were very unorganized. Directly after the lead, the article goes into very specific, detailed terminology and examples without much transition. This goes on for a few sections. The more broad, general concepts of conflict resolution are at the bottom of the article. I feel that these are the sections that the author should have led with. By introducing the grand ideas of a topic and then narrowing down to the very specific ideas, you can better guide the reader through the article.

Images and Media

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There are only two images in the article. Both are well captioned and relevant to the section they are located in. The only critique I would add is that the pictures are very small and very scarce. I think that the author should have included a few more images so that the two that were included did not look random. Or, the author could have just not included any images at all and may have added some tables instead!

Checking the talk page

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This article is rated as a level 5 article and is currently within the scope of the Wikiproject Psychology and wikiproject Systems. There are several conversation that call the reliability of the references into question. This is something that I think would be improved with consistent citation style. Several other conversation vote to consolidate certain sections of the article to make it more readable.

Overall impressions

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Overall, I think that this article has all of the qualities needed to be a very strong article. As of now, there are some improvements that would help strengthen the validity and reliability of the article. Editors should rearrange the sections of the article to improve the flow of concepts. I also think that editors should make the reference section more cohesive. By maintaining consistency with resources, the article becomes more credible.

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