Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Dealing with disputes: Difference between revisions

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Before anything else is tried, it is essential that all participants who are editing the article in a controversial way, are also adequately explaining what it is that they are doing.

[[Image:Bird template.gifsvg|48px]]'''This is one of the areas where a light touch is required.'''

Actual discussion at the talkpage ''may'' not always be essential. If editors are working together properly, simply making notes in edit summaries may be all that's needed. See [[WP:WIARM]]. But in the case of a "stuck" dispute, and especially in the case of edit wars, talkpage discussion is strongly recommended.