User:Wavelength/About Wikipedia/Collaboration

Consensus: (1) How are we to define consensus? (2) How is a consensus to be achieved? (3) How is a consensus to be recorded, for all editors to see? (4) When and how does a consensus ever lapse? (Credit to User:Noetica) Competence is required ⦿⦿ Competence without competitiveness ⦿⦿ Civility Dunbar's number ⦿⦿ TheTippingPoint ⦿⦿ Synergy ⦿⦿ Blind men and an elephant The community gains or loses because of good or bad decisions based on competing options. User talk:Jimbo Wales/Archive 167 (July 2014) User:Andrewa/Consensus is consensus User:Antandrus/observations on Wikipedia behavior How to Win Friends and Influence People Thinking During Sleep &#8211; The Frontal Cortex ⦿⦿ How to Avoid Office Drama at Work - The Muse How to Negotiate: Negotiation Skills for any Situation ⦿⦿ How to Delegate: Entrepreneurial Delegation

Why are editors leaving? What can we learn from the rulership by King Rehoboam (permanent link)? [http://www.teachthesoul.com/2011/02/what’s-the-cost-of-being-right/ What's the cost of being right? | Teach the Soul] "But to me life seems too large and bright for me to spend it arguing with Wikipedia editors who set themselves beyond persuasion."—User:Noetica at 08:50, 2 February 2013 Any editor who is contemplating retirement from Wikipedia may wish to consider the compilation of a bucket list of things to do for Wikipedia before bailing out, and thereby minimize losses to Wikipedia. Any editor who is contemplating retirement from Wikipedia may wish to post on his or her user page a clear, concise message about the reason(s) for retirement and the condition(s) desired before recommencement of editing. Clear communication is especially important when absence prevents replies to requests for clarification. Conciseness is important for encouraging others to read the message, but there can be links to elaborations and to past discussions. The retiree might state how frequently he or she intends to check his or her talk page for messages.