CarwilBJ’s avatarCarwilBJ’s Twitter Archive—№ 28,044

  1. …in reply to @taseenb
    @taseenb @MaxBlumenthal @Wikipedia Wikipedia is an enormous project with many instances of informal cooperation among editors w shared opinions, anti-Chavista Venezuelans among them.
    1. …in reply to @CarwilBJ
      @taseenb @MaxBlumenthal @Wikipedia Effectively understanding the rules and using high quality sources is usually enough to make one's edits stick but not always. In those cases, recourse to larger community discussions (NPOV noticeboard, calls for input, etc.) often help.
      1. …in reply to @CarwilBJ
        @taseenb @MaxBlumenthal @Wikipedia Assuming "Wikipedia won't let me," when in fact it is collusion of editors who disagree w you, is a frequent assumption. Only occasionally true.
        1. …in reply to @CarwilBJ
          @taseenb @MaxBlumenthal @Wikipedia The discretionary sanctions system emerged precisely to deescalate edit wars among disputing groups of editors. I'd need more specifics to know, but usually it is not part of the problem.