Wikipedia:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout/3rd

Beginning Monday, July 5, 2010 at 00:01 (UTC) and continuing for five days will be the 3rd 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-mainspace related 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. If the dramas prevent you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore them.

Participating Wikipedians

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"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, 5 July 2010 (UTC)."


 * 1) Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 15:16, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) TFOWR 15:19, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll volunteer for the first ten on last year's list, too. TFOWR 15:34, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) I plan to add pictures to the Commons  ⋙–Berean–Hunter—►  ((⊕)</b>) 18:25, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Sure I participated in the last one a few months ago :)--<font style="color:#191970">White Shadows  <font style="color:#DC143C">stood on the edge 00:01, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) I'll see what I can do (again). ~<i style="color:#07517C;">Super</i> Hamster  Talk Contribs 04:29, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) Well I try to do the "no drama" every day, I'll try a bit harder during the Dramaout ;)  MPJ  -DK  12:10, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Not that I was going to edit very much anyway (because of the exams), but at least I will make sure that all of those few edits will be an immediate, direct improvement to the encyclopedia proper. A. di M. (talk) 14:24, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) Naturally. -- &oelig; &trade; 15:11, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) I want my edit count to go to 40% on articles. I also don't edit other areas very much. Décembër21st2012Freâk   Talk at 17:28, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yah, I'm in again! Christine (talk) 20:44, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep, I'm up for this again.— S Marshall T/C 02:22, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) As always, I focus on creating high-quality content over low-quality drama. Daniel Case (talk) 02:41, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Lets get started :). Best, Mifter (talk) 03:12, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Eh, what the heck? It'll be good. Abce2 (talk) 03:21, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Jclemens (talk) 23:11, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2)  Spencer T♦ Nominate! 03:04, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Contributing my GA writing and general wikignoming time to this worthy cause. FT2 (Talk 04:03, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) This one and the Guild of Copy Editors backlog elimination drive goes hand in hand together. <b style="color:#0000FF;">OhanaUnited</b><b style="color:green;">Talk page</b> 11:50, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Certainly could use less drama...five days without drawing it would be good -P (hopefully we get a reminder of the start date? LOL) --  AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 04:35, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) This is a great way to make sure I focus on copyediting articles.--~TPW 15:24, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) Hidividedby5 (talk) 15:57, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) I'll be creating and cleaning up articles on British railways. <font face="Abbey Old Style SF" color="#8B0000">WVRMAD •<font face="Plantagenet Cherokee" color="#2E8B57">Talk  •<font face="Iskoola Pota" color="#4682B4">Guestbook   16:16, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 16:55, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 10) As long as reviewing DYKs is OK Im in... Im always working creating or expanding Mexico-related articles.Thelmadatter (talk) 19:06, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 11) Meh. Not involved in much dramah anywho, but meh.  — fetch ·  comms   21:06, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 12) Sure! I promise I won't be naughty this time!  Kayau  Voting  IS   evil 00:01, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 13) Would work, unless of course Sandy closes one of my FACs super-early again. Then all bets are off :) <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><b style="color:black;">Res</b> Mar 03:11, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 14) Hopefully, this cures my wikibonk again. --TitanOne (talk) 05:52, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 15) Yes. Nifky  ^  06:59, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 16) Any excuse to be antisocial. Marasmusine (talk) 09:48, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 17) Sure.  ceran  thor 11:41, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 18) I'm in. ~ Nerdy Science Dude  (✉ • ✐) 14:50, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 19) I really need the WikiDrama-break. —<font face="Rage Italic" size="4" style="color:#000000;color:black">Duncan What I Do / What I Say 16:33, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 20) I'm going for it. <font face="Century Gothic" color="#2B65EC" size="2">Dwayne  was here!   &#9835;  01:14, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 21) Yes. - Reconsider !  13:28, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 22) OK.  Enigma <sup style="color:#FFA500;">msg  02:37, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 23) I promise Jack1956 (talk) 17:50, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 24) I'm in.    -- Lear's Fool (talk &#124; contribs) 12:42, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 25) Sure. Spanglej (talk) 05:44, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 26)  Wizardman  Operation Big Bear 22:40, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 27) I Promise, Too; I Need This. Sincerely, Jack Merridew 19:55, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 28) M4gnum0n (talk) 22:51, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 29) Taking a deep breath... --IdaShaw (talk) 05:15, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 30) I will be working on some articles involving members of the Wisconsin Legislature. I do not care for the WikiDrama. Thank you-RFD (talk) 12:36, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 31) Forgot about signing my name here, but I participated. — MC10  ( T • C • GB •L)  03:54, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
 * When you sign your name, please log your signature at the log page

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) Time to clutter up WP:AFD and WP:MFD! ~ Nerdy Science Dude   (✉ • ✐) 04:31, 22 June 2010 (UTC)  moved to participants. ~ Nerdy Science Dude   (✉ • ✐) 14:49, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Striving for negative eDrama is itself eDrama. Tarc (talk) 15:29, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) As unauthorized proxy for a banned user. ▻Tim Shuba (talk) 00:01, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Neutral

 * 1) Not for me this time, thanks. I participated in the last Dramaout, during which the biggest Wikidrama I've ever seen erupted. Though I stubbornly adhered to my pledge and waited until the end of the agreed 5-day period before joining the debate, I decided then to abstain from future Dramaouts. Contains Mild Peril (talk) 17:10, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Per CMP :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 21:41, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Per above. I didn't have CMP's restraint during the Drama s/he mentions, and blew up all over Jimbo's page, and this one, disgracing the Dramaout. While I still fully support the effort, and will try to observe it in my own fashion, I'll wear the dunce cap and sit in the corner for this one at least. Dekkappai (talk) 17:46, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) Per Contains Mild Peril. Equally big Wikidrama is going on right at this moment. Dramaouts don't work and will NEVER work, especially when the "angry community" continue to intentionally misrepresent bad actions made in good faith as actions of bad faith. –MuZemike 07:23, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Not sure what you mean by they "don't work" MuZemike... The dramaouts are not meant to stop drama, or prevent it from happening, they're just a way for editors to escape in a sense, another way of improving the content side of things. And judging by the logs of work done in the past, these dramaouts do "work", at least in that sense. Noone is obligated to participate either. The "angry community" can continue to be angry and there will always be someone to deal with them, despite some editors wanting a break from it all once in a while. -- &oelig; &trade; 03:56, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Ignoring our problem always works... -- Rockstone  talk to me!   04:29, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Not usually, but in Wikipedia it sure relieves stress. -- &oelig; &trade; 12:43, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
 * They also help bring out in relief an issue, in a manner similar to "special days" in communties. When the people of a city or village decide to have an at-least-two-persons-per-car Day, they are not "solving the problem" of car congestion. They're just bringing it up and place it front and center in the public eye for further discourse on it. -The Gnome (talk) 03:16, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Too late missed this this year hence the neutral, let me know next year and I will see what I can do... <B>--  RP459 </B> Talk/Contributions 03:36, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Log of work done
Please log any work done during this campaign at The Great Wikipedia Dramaout/3rd/Log.