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

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Sometimes when editors are in the heat of an argument, they forget what our main goal is, which is to create an encyclopedia. Battling editors will often completely lose sight of the actual article text, and go off on some tangent about each other's political leanings or education, or they'll veer off into a debate about some tangential aspect of history or geography or military command structure, or they'll complain bitterly about who said what to whom a year ago. Try to bring them back to focus on the article.

This message can be as short and sweet as, "''AlrightAll right, can we please get back to discussing the article, instead of tangential subjects?''" or the ever-handy "''Can we please stick to discussing content and not contributors?''"

Or, you may wish to post something more detailed, and tailored to the situation and participants. Example:[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Rab_concentration_camp&diff=204582271&oldid=204556161]