User talk:Ponyo/Archives/January/2008

re: Simón Bolívar
Hi, I have complaint and don't quite know where to make it. I contributed to the recent additions to the Simon Bolívar article, only to have them summarily erased by another contributor. That simply was not right, isn't it worth mentioning that entire books have been based on this disputed aspect of Bolivar? ThanksNord1 (talk) 23:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Response at Nord1 talk page ponyo (talk) 05:20, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Just mentioning: The editor who has asked your assistance has edit warred and made zero edits to the talk page of the article in question. You may wish to suggest that he or she attempt discussion there, since there, NOT the talk page of "the editor" (three have reverted thus far) is the appropriate place to discuss desired edits to an article. Please let me know if you have any questions. KillerChihuahua?!? 16:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for pointing that out, by Wikipedia standards I'm still pretty green. The reason I skipped the talk page suggestion is that it had already been requested in the edit summary by a previous reverting editor and had been ignored. As such I provided alternative methods of dispute resolution. I've seen some completely over the top edit wars solved very quickly when one editor approaches another amicably on their talk page, and of course the WP:DR page I pointed him to contains a wealth of solutions as well. ponyo (talk) 17:42, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Nods, that can work well when it really is a dispute between two editors - but in this case at least three have reverted, and if Nord1 was the anon adding the information immediately previously, then more than three - which makes it a case of Nord1 editing against consensus without trying to "make a case" on the talk page. Nord1 was not clear, and was even a little misleading, in his/her edit above - using "contributor" singular was inaccurate. As a suggestion, if you ask if the issue is a content dispute, and if it has been discussed on the talk page; or even cover both bases by stating "content disputes on article talk pages, personal disputes on user talk pages" (rephrasing to be a bit more friendly) then you can't go wrong. You're doing a great job btw - kudos. KillerChihuahua?!? 18:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)