Wikipedia:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout/2nd

Beginning Monday, January 18, 2010 at midnight (UTC) and continuing for five days will be the 2nd Great Wikipedia Dramaout. In deference to the Great American Smokeout, editors are being asked to engage in a 5-day period of abstinence from drama at Wikipedia; the most addictive and yet cancerous aspect of our community. During this 5-day drama blackout, it is requested that regular contributors to the non-article-space areas of Wikipedia, including but not limited to, the various administrator noticeboards, the reference desks, the village pumps, or any other non-essential areas of Wikipedia cease working at those areas for the length of the Dramaout and instead work on article content. With the exception of areas deemed essential to improving articles directly, all participating editors are asked to voluntarily abstain from non-article edits.

Participating Wikipedians

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 * Participants may award the .

"My signature below indicates that I solemnly pledge to avoid all drama and other non-essential areas of Wikipedia, and instead to dedicate myself to article editing, for the 5 day period beginning 00:00, 18 January 2010 (UTC)."
 * 1) Great idea. Looking forward participating again. Gone too. See Otis' statement. Dekkappai (talk) 22:27, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) I had managed to quit discussions — unless directly related to improving a particular article — in the past few months (I was working on my thesis, so I had a very good reason not to waste time like that), but now I find myself in a quite abstruse discussion about dashes at WT:MOS. I fear that, by January, taking a drama-break will be unavoidable if I don't want to find myself without any time left to actually improve the encyclopaedia. --  _ _ _ A. di M. 22:56, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) User:Dekkappai: (My mainstream Japanese cinema name-- this may be a good chance to do some serious work in that area). Otis Criblecoblis (talk) 23:08, 15 December 2009 (UTC) Retiring short of my projected goal: Jimbo has made it clear content, collaboration, and consensus are not valued here.
 * 4) &mdash; La Pianista  ♫ ♪ 00:10, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 5) Won't even leave a mark on a non-article page--Sky Attacker    the legend reborn...  01:51, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 6) OK. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 02:01, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 7) I'll see what I can do. ~Super Hamster  Talk Contribs 02:28, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 8) I'm in like Flynn.  -- Jayron  32  03:36, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 9) Was good last time, should be even better this year.  Cerebellum (talk) 04:38, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 10) Editing should be fun! I'm all for de-escalation. Hope to participate actively this time around.  Ohconfucius  ¡digame! 04:45, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 11) --William S. Saturn (talk) 04:50, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 12) I'm in.    Will Beback    talk    04:52, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 13) Most definitely. I'm all for making this a twice yearly tradition, once in January to kick of the New Year and again in the summer at some point. --Bigtimepeace | talk |  contribs 04:53, 16 December 2009 (UTC) Sorry, I failed to comply. A massive BLP conversation came up and it was too important to stay away from. Hopefully constructive drama in the end, but nonetheless I've broken the pact and thus retreat in shame. --Bigtimepeace | talk |  contribs 04:46, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 14) Found this on Ohconfucius' talkpage. I'll try to do something constructive for this. Unfortunately, you guys picked the first week of the new semester. :( Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 04:58, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 15) OhanaUnitedTalk page 05:09, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 16) What if I just sleep? --Coffee  //  have a cup  //  ark  // 05:32, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 17) As usual, I'm not much involved in drama to begin with. So this isn't that difficult. Daniel Case (talk) 05:35, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 18) I try to practice "No Drama" every day but sometimes fail,  MPJ-DK  (50% Done) Talk  05:41, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 19) Always a worthy goal. Resolute 05:43, 16 December 2009 (UTC) And sadly a goal that was destroyed this time by a coordinated attack endorsed by ArbCom.  Unfortunately, there are times when drama is unavoidable, and engaging in a critically important debate surpasses my desire to simply write quality articles. Resolute 05:22, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 20) Naturally. --Danger (talk) 06:09, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 21) Aight. Lampman (talk) 08:01, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 22) I'll try. Debresser (talk) 10:38, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 23) Yeah, OK. ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 11:00, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 24) sure I guess.-- Coldplay Expért  Let's talk 11:30, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 25) But the sixth day is going to be a doozy! -- Scjessey (talk) 12:31, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 26) Sceptre (talk) 12:53, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 27) Sure - I rarely contribute to non-article pages these days anyway. Robofish (talk) 13:03, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 28) Hmmm ... thought I already signed up on a list for this somewhere.  Anyway - after first of the year? ... yep, count me in. — Ched :  ?  13:30, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 29) Drama sucks!  I tend to avoid conflict at all costs, so I'm all for participating in a project that actually enforces my personality defects! ;) --Christine (talk) 13:56, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 30) Well, I never participate in any dram anyway... [[Image:Icon_biggrin.gif]] -- Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 14:02, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 31) Count me in (Again)! --TitanOne (talk) 14:05, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 32) There is lots of articles of Roman Catholic diocesan bishops, members of the Wisconsin State Legislature, Wisconsin Supreme Court, and unincorporated communities in Wisconsin, I can do-I do not like WikiDrama at all-Thanks-RFD (talk) 14:46, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 33) I'll probably spend the time removing spam and other junk. :)  Jamie  S93  15:57, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 34) I have plenty more articles that I need to create! shoy (reactions) 18:00, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 35) I'm in as well. Vyvyan Basterd (talk) 18:08, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 36) I'll probably not even log in; just edit articles from an IP address. -GTBacchus(talk) 18:48, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 37) Looking forward to participating once again.-- Giants 27  ( Contribs  |  WP:CFL ) 19:28, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 38) I'll do it again :P.  Best, Mifter (talk) 19:32, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 39) Nice! --  &oelig; &trade; 19:51, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 40) I didn't know that this was happening when they had the first one!!! but know I do :P   Bugboy52.4  ¦  =-=  20:42, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 41) There's been too much drama lately!  ceran  thor  22:23, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 42) John Vandenberg (chat) 22:50, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 43) What does this have to do with bacon?  --kelapstick (talk) 22:53, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 44) I want to increase the precentage of my edit count on articles.  December21st2012Freak   Happy Holidays! 00:34, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 45) I'm in again.  Let's do it often!  Chuckiesdad/Talk/Contribs 01:47, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 46)  Spencer T♦ Nominate! 01:49, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 47) Everyone here is... AWESOMESAUCE ROFL. Nah, this worked last time, I'm going to do it again. Kausill (Talk) (Contribs) 10:53, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 48) It was fun last time! Abce2 | If you would   like to make a call..  19:42, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 49) Sure :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 12:07, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 50) Of course. –blurpeace (talk) 17:20, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 51) I'm happy to sign up again. I reserve the right to have friendly talk on the talk pages of users who are OK with it, and to discuss article content and suggested improvements on article talk pages. Grundle2600 (talk) 21:41, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 52) What does this have to do with bacon? Tastes good and even more satisfying.   PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА  ►talk 03:07, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 53) Drama is the craddle of all Syllables and therefore should be cherished. --Ida Shaw (talk) 16:26, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 54) Great idea, I'll be glad to join.  MMS  2013  02:18, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 55) Any reason we can't make this a 24x7x365 thing? Jclemens (talk) 05:50, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 56) I'll work on WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles. Tom Harrison Talk 13:15, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 57) I'm never into drama, so I'll just focus some time on helping improve things.  WordyGirl90  20:11, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 58) Always in need a break, and now I have an excuse (well....)  fetch  comms  ☛ 03:55, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 59) Count me in. doncram (talk) 20:30, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 60)  Nikki  ♥  311   02:24, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 61) This seems counter productive however I enjoy signing random things so yeah I am in Ivtv (talk) 06:36, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 62) Why not, and next year, this should be around Christmas, as a sort of Christmas truce. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:40, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 63) In for a second year.  Enigma msg  00:16, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 64) I'm in. ConCompS (Talk to me) 05:13, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 65) Will definitely be getting back heavy into the mainspace shortly. –MuZemike 03:07, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 66) I just got a Novice editor badge so I'm feeling pretty confident, so I'm definitely in. Malke 2010  03:31, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 67) Why not? I miss copy-editing, anyways. talking  birds  17:30, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 68) As long as it's just drama that is prohibited and not comedy, I should be okay. ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:49, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 69) Here we go again! WVRMAD • Talk  • Guestbook   17:20, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 70) Yeah! -- MW  talk   contribs  22:49, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 71) Though I have thankfully managed to evade drama lately, I hereby swear to evade it pointedly and intentionally during the antidrama season. ALI nom nom 17:17, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 72) I'm in, though away from my computer for a substantial chunk of that time. THF (talk) 22:20, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 73) Sure, why not...I could use more content work to my name. Plus I never step into drama unless my stepping in would prevent further drama anyway. Say that five times fast. Ha! (Ok...it's actually not that hard...nevermind. I think I'm a bit hyper.) :-) Ks0stm (T•C•G) 04:55, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 74) I haven't been contributing much recently anyway, but maybe this will motivate me to get around to starting and improving some of the articles on my to-do list. Contains Mild Peril (talk) 20:18, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 75) I'm in. I've been so busy in real life that I haven't been on-wiki much recently but am looking forward to it.  ⋙–Ber</b><b style="color:#66f">ean–Hun</b><b style="color:#00C">ter—►</b>  (<b style="color:#00C">(⊕)</b>) 13:11, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 76) I do too much vandalism reversion. And I've got a list of articles I'd love to write but keep getting distracted from writing. -- The Grim  Reaper  20:48, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 77)  Pmlineditor      ∞    07:51, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 78) It will be painful not to join in with AfDs and Speedies, but it will do me good to get back to some article writing. Marasmusine (talk) 12:28, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 79) That should keep me developing a new article: John Smith (housebreaker), and sorting things out in Wikijunior.  Kayau  Wuthering Heights  VANITY FAIR   paradise lost  11:12, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 80) I only wish somebody had told me about the first one. - Dravecky (talk) 14:18, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 81) sorry I am a few hours late Guerillero (talk)
 * 82) Yes. Nifky  ^  07:35, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 83) I wish I knew about this sooner. I will observe this in the next 5 days starting in 1 hour. Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 15:57, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Counter-protest
"My signature below indicates that I solemnly pledge to add just enough drama and other non-essential actions to Wikipedia, to offset the above-mentioned increased dedication to article editing, for the 5 day period beginning 00:00, 18 January 2010 (UTC)."
 * 1) ( X!  ·  talk )  · @227  · 04:27, 16 December 2009 (UTC) (I abstain from all drama anyway, so this is my opposite week.)
 * :))) Debresser (talk) 10:37, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) Oh yeah.  Just imagine, with loads of "Wikipedia:" namespace cranks on vacation, I can raise all kinds of hell. Not so much cause drama during the Dramaout, but plant the seeds for a massive shite-storm of revert wars when everyone gets back.  It'll be delicious since I'll be able to claim that people are trying to go against consensus, since they had, what 5 days already to register their disagreements with my changes, right?  Every pet peeve I've ever had here, I can just edit them away ultra-BOLDly.  I could start by renaming every retarded-looking stub template page title.  Next, move every human name article that is not disambiguated but which has a corresponding DAB page to a DAB'd new name, since no one should be considered the "main topic" for a name they share with other people. Eddie Merckx is my first target.  Hmm, what next?  Ah, my all-time sharpest bone to pick would be all those bio articles DABed in the style "First Last (field)" instead of "First Last (description)", e.g. "Harry Butts (baseball)" when it should be "Harry Butts (baseball player)".  I could also strip the MOS and guideline tags off every wannabe "style guide" proffered by self-important WikiProjects that no one else gives a damn about.  What else... There has to be a policy somewhere I don't like... —  SMcCandlish  &#91;talk&#93; &#91;cont&#93;  ‹(-¿-)› 12:12, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) Excuse me, this thing is itself a huge drama: that is the elephant in the living room. I'm having nothing to do with it aside trying to dissuade people from taking any notice of it. The unfortunate message is that discourse on policy and process are somehow undesirable. Without them, we'd have a shabby project indeed.  Tony   (talk)  13:09, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) Navel-gazing at its finest. Tarc (talk) 20:03, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) Most unnecessary drama occurs in article space, through revert wars, bad-faith additions, BLP violations, etc.  Most project-space discussion is orderly and necessary. Chick Bowen 02:43, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Per Tarc, this sounds like something straight out of the embarrassing throes of mid-adolescence. Also per Tony, this is basically "The Campaign for Screaming at People to Stop Screaming at Each Other". Badger Drink (talk) 06:31, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) Didn't care for the first one, probably won't care for the second. <b class="Unicode">r ʨ anaɢ</b> talk/contribs 01:46, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) I only noticed this too late for the start, last time I was neutral, but this time I am going to be engaging in BLP drama, declining speedy delete nominations, voting keep, deprodding and generally using drama to have more articles staying around. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:01, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Neutral

 * 1) "You know, we're just not reaching that guy." Have fun, folks. I'm not much of a dramatist, so the song remains the same... Binksternet (talk) 03:17, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) I have far too much Hamlet-wannabe in me to be able to say I won't do anything of the kind during the period, and we will need some people to deal with the situations which arise anyway, but I will at  least probably try. John Carter (talk) 20:00, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) I don't mind drama, but I'm more of a comedy person. Waltham, The Duke of 18:42, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 4) Simple solution: anyone whose username appears at WP:AN, WP:AN/I, or WP:RFAR in a non-frivolous context, I'll just block for a week. Drama gone. (That is, if I remember that I wrote this. Otherwise, I'll be doing my usual stuff that week.) -- llywrch (talk) 21:18, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Log of work done
Please log any work done during this campaign at The Great Wikipedia Dramaout/2nd/Log.