Wikipedia:Quickpolls

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Quickpolls are polls among Wikipedia regulars on issues that need to be quickly resolved.

Policies

You are responsible for reading Wikipedia:Quickpolls policy before using this page. Quickpolls are not for arbitrary issues between users.

Concluded polls should be moved to Wikipedia:Quickpolls/Archive (which also includes an example poll).


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VeryVerily and 172

Both users violating the 3 revert guideline on Saddam Hussein. This is the third time we have had a quickpoll that involved both of these users. I am not requesting a ban for either one. Although it's not a standard remedy, I am proposing a request for mediation for their ongoing interpersonal conflicts over multiple articles. I would have proposed the remedy of a request for arbitration, which is listed in the policy, except that mediation has not been attempted yet that I know of. --Michael Snow 22:37, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

172 is stalking me, now more than ever; any controversial page I'm on, he shows up soon enough to oppose me. In my defense I want to note that (a) my last revert on Saddam Hussein was to undo my second-last revert, (b) I had followed the three-revert guideline for quite a while until it was (to my disappointment) empirically shown to not exist. As for now, reverting is my only tool against 172's rampages; any less, and he would just always get his way, which wouldn't be right. By the way, I don't expect him to accept mediation; in his mind, he is too far above all us ignoramuses. -- VV 22:58, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Support

  1. Isomorphic 22:49, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC) - Obvious case for mediation.
  2. Absolutely. Either they settle it once and for all, or we take them out in a field somewhere and shoot them ;) I'm up for either. →Raul654 22:52, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Comments

  • I would support a 24-hour ban. To me it seems as a clear and deliberate violation of the three-revert guideline, maybe encouraged by the past failed Quickpolls. The very recent Quickpolls make me think they are given a fair chance to improve their behavior, and have clearly failed to do so. --Ruhrjung 22:54, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
    • I have my doubts whether a ban would actually serve its cooling-off function with these two. Hence my proposal of a different remedy. --Michael Snow 23:00, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)