[WikiEN-l] Administrators and dispute resolution

Thu Jan 5 01:18:04 UTC 2006

Tony Sidaway wrote:
> I think it does us all a disservice to say that dispute resolution
> isn't part of Wikipedia administration.  It's part of the editing
> skills expected of an editor on Wikipedia.  Skill in resolving
> disputes is unevenly distributed but a good editor is one who can
> handle himself--and other people--well in a dispute, and a bad editor
> is one whose skills of persuasion are inadequate to support his
> actions.  An administrator has to make tough decisions, for which he
> must possess the mental agility to prepare himself, the consequences
> of which will test his resilience and responsiveness daily.
> 
> An administrator who can't hack dispute resolution is about as much
> use as a chocolate teapot
> 

But at least a chocolate teapot is edible :)

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