Wikipedia:Lectures/lecture2-questions

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User:Filll/AGF Challenge

How do you go about solving situations like this?

Start by formulating an initial position:

Try to answer the following questions:
 * 1) The action you would like to take, and a personal reason why you are in support of that action.
 * 2) * what's your gut feeling
 * 3) * who is involved
 * 4) * what needs to be attained
 * 5) * what's the best outcome for the encyclopedia?
 * 6) * how can that outcome be attained?
 * 7) What would theoretically needs to be said or done to make you reverse that position, or where you would be willing to compromise
 * 8) * where might there be flaws in your reasoning
 * 9) * what could you give up on and still (mostly) achieve your goal?
 * 10) A reason why you think others (will) support that position (ie, why is this likely to gain consensus).
 * 11) * What policies, guidelines or essays have there been written? What direction do they tend to point to?
 * 12) * Who is involved? What are their opinions? (read talk pages, and see if you can find previous statements)
 * 13) * How will they respond to your tentative action?
 * 14) * Can you modify your action to make that response more favorable?
 * 15) What likely would need to be said or done to reverse the position of the community., or where the community might be willing to compromise
 * 16) * What flaws are there in other people's reasoning?
 * 17) * what could they give up on and still (mostly) achive their goal?


 * If you are an admin, or BOLD editor, or what have you...
 * write on the talk page:
 * what you are doing
 * where you'd be willing to compromise
 * why you think everyone will support it
 * where you hope people will compromise with you
 * Immediately take the best course of action you decided on.
 * Make a short edit summary which states what the action was

Now you can continue using WP:BRD


 * if you are a mediator
 * Keep your initial position to yourself. You are neutral, so it's not your position you are trying to push.
 * find the key people involved
 * ask each person about their position
 * now modify your initial position based on what you have learned
 * present your modified position to each person in turn, negotiate and find a new modified position.
 * continue until the modified position settles down and doesn't change much anymore.
 * then continue as above for admin or bold editor.