User:GRuban/Conflicts

Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress?[edit]

Sure. While I don't seek out drama or focus on controversy, neither do I shy away from them. I wouldn't be applying for the mop if that caused me stress, since being involved in (and resolving!) conflicts is a noticeable part of what admins do.

Here are all the disagreements I could find in the last 6 months. None were very serious and all resolved. I hope I was a part of resolving them constructively rather than destructively, even if some didn't close the way I'd have preferred. That's the important thing, not "winning".

Useful essays:

Namespace Talk[edit]

Talk:Timeline_of_tabletop_role-playing_games#Worlds_of_Wonder_(game) - was WoW a standalone roleplaying game, or only an expansion of an earlier one?
Talk:Brian_Martin_(social_scientist)#RfC_on_statement_by_article_subject_and_its_source - should we write the response of an article subject to a claim about him?
Talk:Yale_student_abortion_art_controversy - what should this article be named and what about the artist?
Talk:Brad_Smith_(American_lawyer) - some User:GRuban/CoI questions
Talk:Sarah_Jane_Brown/Archive_10 - not really a personal conflict, mainly a huge discussion
Talk:Donald_Trump/Archive_83#Challenging_"spygate"_in_lead - only one edit from me, but in a highly controversial area, was part of a reasonable argument, and possibly contributed to Andrevan's sad fate
Talk:Diamond_and_Silk#Infobox_image_caption - A dispute over the caption of an image I uploaded for this article.
Talk:Daniel_Mallory_Ortberg#Photo - Should we keep a photo of the subject before their Transitioning (transgender)?

Namespace User talk[edit]

User talk:GRuban/RfA - ironically enough, a discussion about a discussion
User_talk:GRuban#Draft:Kathleen_Hogan - more User:GRuban/CoI questions
User_talk:Eccentricsleevenotes#Fenella_Fielding - user had a problem with an image of the subject that I had uploaded, we discussed it, he had a much better image, and I was able to help him put it in the article
User talk:GreenUnikorn - Again, user had a problem with an image of the group, we discussed it, and he was able to upload an image that he liked better.

Namespace Wikipedia[edit]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius - An AfD for a book that I thought was clearly a keep, closed as delete. I started a deletion review - in which I was criticized for commenting about the closer's reasoning, which I accept, shouldn't have, sorry about that. The deletion was upheld.
Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Musk_part_2:_can_an_An_RfC_overrule_our_BLP_policy? How should we treat a notable attack on a non notable person?
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elizabeth O'Day - A deletion of an article I approved from Wikipedia:Articles for Creation.

Namespace Wikipedia talk[edit]

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countering systemic bias#Bias in ‘Task’ instruction - Is there systemic bias against government sources? Probably discussed too long here, nothing productive after a while.
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countering systemic bias/Gender gap task force#Gender neutral language for articles on women that do not identify as non-binary - a project member makes dozens of short articles on NZ female academics, but only uses "they" pronouns. Several of us try to convince him to use "she"; he refuses, but says he won't revert it if someone changes. So I take the task on myself. Two dozen so far, working. --GRuban (talk) 02:08, 11 September 2018 (UTC)