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# Sorry, this is to ask whether something "ALIKE" exists on COM (I do not find any). There is a problem which I feel unable to resolve by myself, due to en=2. Any help would be welcome. The talk page in question is ] <br> In case, some competent "3O" would declare my talk partner to be right, I'd agree. By creating that template, c. half a year ago, I wanted to ''contribute'' to COM, not to spoil or to create havoc. Thanks. --15:12, 1 November 2008 (UTC) | # Sorry, this is to ask whether something "ALIKE" exists on COM (I do not find any). There is a problem which I feel unable to resolve by myself, due to en=2. Any help would be welcome. The talk page in question is ] <br> In case, some competent "3O" would declare my talk partner to be right, I'd agree. By creating that template, c. half a year ago, I wanted to ''contribute'' to COM, not to spoil or to create havoc. Thanks. --15:12, 1 November 2008 (UTC) | ||
# ] - disagreement about the use of quotations in a Misplaced Pages article. 18:04, 1 November 2008 (UTC) | # ] - disagreement about the use of quotations in a Misplaced Pages article. 18:04, 1 November 2008 (UTC) | ||
# ] (related to ]). Dispute about content, interpretation, {{tl|fact}} tags, and sources. 03:56, 3 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
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# I am having a problem with the accuracy of edits made concerning a Fox News video on http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Disinformation_campaign_during_the_2008_South_Ossetian_war. I have added {{Fact|date=November 2008}} tags to the parts that are blatant lies and are nowhere mentioned in the video. I am really frustrated because when I place facts in the article as shown on the video they are replace by propaganda. And the propaganda is libelous. What can I do. The other editor has no sources (he says "I don't need sources"), and tries to make a video seem sinister when it is not. Please help me. The statements the other editor makes are lies. I do not believe that encyclopedias should contain unsourced propaganda. Thank you. 03:56, 3 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
==Providing third opinions== | ==Providing third opinions== |
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Third opinion is a means to request an outside opinion in a dispute between two editors. When two editors cannot agree, either editor may list a dispute here to seek a third opinion. The third opinion process requires good faith and civility on both sides of the dispute.
This page is primarily for informally resolving disputes involving only two editors. If any more complex dispute cannot be resolved through talk page discussion, you can follow the other steps in the dispute resolution process. The informal nature of the third opinion process is its chief advantage over more formal methods of resolving disputes.
Respondents appreciate feedback about the outcome of the dispute, either on the article's talk page or on their own talk page. We want to know whether the outcome was positive or not and this helps us to maintain and improve the standards of our work.
If you provide third opinions, you are encouraged to add the Category:Third opinion Wikipedians (with the option of a {{User Third opinion}} userbox) to your user page.
How to list a dispute
Be sure to discuss the dispute on the talk page as the first step in the process before making a request here. If, after discussion, only two editors are involved, you may list the dispute below in the Active disagreements section. Otherwise, please follow other methods in the dispute resolution process.
Follow these instructions to make your post:
- Begin a new entry with a # symbol below earlier entries to preserve the numbering and chronological order of the list.
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- Sign with five tildes (~~~~~) to add the date without your name. This is important to maintain neutrality.
Do not discuss on this page: confine the discussion to the talk page where the dispute is taking place.
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1. Talk:List of Cuban Americans#List Clean-up. Disagreement about notability of names added to list. 21:49, 15 January 2008 (UTC) |
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Active disagreements
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- Sorry, this is to ask whether something "ALIKE" exists on COM (I do not find any). There is a problem which I feel unable to resolve by myself, due to en=2. Any help would be welcome. The talk page in question is Commons:Template talk:Pink CC
In case, some competent "3O" would declare my talk partner to be right, I'd agree. By creating that template, c. half a year ago, I wanted to contribute to COM, not to spoil or to create havoc. Thanks. --15:12, 1 November 2008 (UTC) - Talk:Black liberation theology#Article focus - disagreement about the use of quotations in a Misplaced Pages article. 18:04, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
- Talk:Disinformation campaign during the 2008 South Ossetian war#I am restoring the Fox News section to what I wrote (related to Talk:Disinformation campaign during the 2008 South Ossetian war#Fox News Interview - "Invited to tell about Russian bombings"?). Dispute about content, interpretation, {{fact}} tags, and sources. 03:56, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Providing third opinions
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- Read the arguments of the disputants.
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- Provide third opinions on the disputed article talk pages, not on this page. Sign your comments on the associated talk page as normal, with four tildes, like so: ~~~~.
- Write your opinion in a civil and nonjudgmental way.
- Consider keeping pages on which you have given a third opinion on your watchlist for a few days. Often, articles listed here are watched by very few people.
- If it's not clear what the dispute is, put {{subst:third opinion|your_username}} in a new section on the talk page of the article.
- For third opinion requests that do not follow the instructions above, it is possible to alert the requesting party to that fact by employing {{uw-3o}}.
- When providing a third opinion, please remove the listing from this page and mention in the summary which dispute you have removed and how many remain. If this is done before responding, other volunteers are less likely to duplicate your effort.
- Check the article for a {{3O}} tag. Be sure to remove this tag from the article and/or talk page.