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The Harmonious editing club was proposed by User:Ed Poor in December 2003 and has been growing steadily since. We have had a number of successes - see our Harmonious Editing Hall of Fame.

[edit] Guidelines

[edit] Original call

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I would like to propose the formation of a sort of club or SIG within Wikipedia—sort of on the lines of the old semi-humorous Wikipedia "militia"—a group of contributors who will join to intervene in edit wars and work together to create a stable and neutral article, one which all parties to the edit war would agree is correct and good and satisfying.

These club members would show by example how to contribute in a harmonious, useful fashion. These members would bind THEMSELVES to the rule of "you can only revert once". They would propose options on the talk page BEFORE making edits to the article. They might even wait an hour or a day for assent from others before making a change.

These club members would politely remind others not to make abusive remarks on talk pages. They would refactor talk when it becomes too long or tangled.

[edit] Club Members

  1. A D Monroe III talk Really, it's the only way to be constructive.
  2. Addesso Wow, talking as a form of constructively and peacefully solving disputes. That is so . . . out-of-the-box, radical thinking! I'm in!
  3. Addhoc On reflection, being able to go up to 3RR doesn't really help.
  4. Alex756 (glad to see there are voluntary associations forming on Wikipedia)
  5. Alx-pl D
  6. Alex Plank
  7. — Ambush Commander(Talk)
  8. Anchoress per DeathPhoenix :-))
  9. Andrewa
  10. [[User:Consequencefree|Ardent†∈]] =D Diplomats unite! Harmony can thrive with a few dedicated people. Make the Wiki a better place!
  11. Arminius - happy to help with disputes
  12. Asbestos - Talk pages should always be used after a revert (except in the case of vandalism or trolls, of course)
  13. Ashibaka talk
  14. AvB
  15. Ben Aveling
  16. Benc
  17. Beth Wellington 23:09, 6 March 2006 (UTC) Sounds good to me.
  18. Bogdan
  19. Buddhipriya 03:37, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
  20. Catwhoorg
  21. Chairman S. Talk
  22. Chancemill
  23. Chazz88
  24. Chriswaterguy Good principles. Happy to lend a hand if needed.
  25. cjllw | TALK
  26. ClockworkSoul
  27. Comatose51
  28. Comaze
  29. CP/M
  30. Daduzi
  31. Dan100
  32. David Spalding Talk/Contribs Bringing Order to chaos can also mean bringing Collaboration to clashing and Consensus to contention
  33. David Strauss
  34. ∞wirelain - We have cousins over at WP:CCD.
  35. Deathphoenix - I've been doing this anyway, so why not sign up?
  36. Deebkie talk
  37. dewet|✉
  38. Drenched Harmony rocks. Editing rocks too. Harmonious editing rocks especially hard.
  39. Driken
  40. Durova 18:22, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
  41. Denni
  42. — Dzonatas
  43. User:Ed Poor - on probation for "tendentious editing" (oh, the shame, the shame!)
  44. Encephalon | ζ  This is good.
  45. Ethnopunk Do we really have to lose our edits to morons?
  46. User:Euyyn - per Deathphoenix
  47. Falphin
  48. Fishal
  49. Flammifer - I'm certainly interested in tackling and improving divisive issues !
  50. Evrenosogullari
  51. Fredrik - the description above seems to apply to me
  52. Friday - Sounds good to me.
  53. Glenn Willen
  54. ··gracefool |☺ - this club needs to grow!
  55. Iirolaiho
  56. ike9898
  57. ikkyu2 (talk)
  58. Ilyanep If I start to violate the above rules, please stick my ass in a freezer. :D
  59. Ingoolemo
  60. INic I'm only here 'cause I'm an evil, stinking troll in need of redemption
  61. Jondel 06:44, 15 August 2005 (UTC) - I heard this club is strictly restricted to good looking people only?  :)
  62. Juraj Betak
  63. JCarriker
  64. jehochman I am going to reform myself.
  65. JFW | T@lk
  66. J-V Heiskanen (as long as the above are going to be the final and only bylaws of this club)
  67. Jokermage "Timor Mentum Occidit"
  68. Joshua Chiew — worth a try
  69. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @
  70. kaal
  71. kawaputra
  72. Keesiewonder talk -- I have trouble w/not reverting what I perceive as vandalism multiple times though ...
  73. kevthegreat55 I'll do my best
  74. Kodama will try to be friendly...
  75. User:KrakatoaKatie - Harmony and me are pretty good company...
  76. Lisapollison I also self-designate as a trial member, & aspire to full membership
  77. Lquilter self-designates as a trial member, & aspires to full membership
  78. Ludraman
  79. Manscher
  80. — mark ✎
  81. Marshman (I think I have passed through the early un-harmonious stage relatively unscathed)
  82. — Matt Crypto 10:41, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  83. Mbbradford -- Don't worry, this is not Esperanza
  84. Meelar
  85. MONGO I need harmonizing...
  86. Neigel von Teighen ready to put some harmony!
  87. — ナイトスタリオン ㇳ–ㇰ — — I'm in.
  88. Neutrality what Ruhrjung said.
  89. nobs
  90. Ombudsman
  91. Omphaloscope — ready to sing my part
  92. Paleorthid What Saxifrage said.
  93. Paul venter Harmonious editing sounds like an oxymoron, but let's show good faith!
  94. Pedant A lot of articles, I don't even edit, just add to the discussion what seems good or bad about it. I'll help on anything.
  95. Perl
  96. Pufferfish101
  97. Randy
  98. Ravn, Strong support. ;)
  99. Rdsmith4 - Oh, why not. Is there a Category:Lost causes?
  100. Revived
  101. richard Spread harmonious editing, join the Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal!
  102. Rickyrab
  103. royblumy
  104. Ruhrjung has been with you in the heart all the time (the deeds might be another matter)
  105. Rursus 100% agreed by prev speaker.
  106. Saxifrage Because the willow survives the storm that fells the oak.
  107. Schmiteye
  108. Seth Mahoney Yay! for harmony!
  109. Shannon
  110. Simon 19:33, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
  111. SlimVirgin I think the decision to self-limit on reverting is a good idea.
  112. Smyth
  113. Spalding
  114. Stephen B Streater while noting that agreement does not require compromise
  115. Stevertigo
  116. Subramanian talk -- Ahimsa, everyone!
  117. sɪzlæk [ +t, +c ]
  118. Superm401 | Talk
  119. TAS
  120. Tatteredpaper | (talk)
  121. The Placebo Effect
  122. The Prophet Wizard of the Crayon Cake
  123. TheronJ Good idea
  124. Timbo
  125. Toby Bartels
  126. User:Tony Sidaway
  127. T.PK Ready for some harmonizing!
  128. Trade2tradewell If you want to improve your POV , be ready to listen to the other
  129. Trubadurix Sounds good
  130. Tuf-Kat
  131. Umofomia
  132. utcursch
  133. visctrix
  134. WikiprojectOWU
  135. WikiUser
  136. Wing Nut
  137. Xinit
  138. Xiong Chiamiov
  139. Zappaz. A tall order for a person with my character, but worth striving for!
  140. Ze miguel
  141. Zero
  142. Mac_Davis (talk • contribs) - I always wanted to be a prime number.
  143. Bunty.Gill - newbie@harmonious edits club
  144. --Irmgard 17:49, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
  145. JiMoThYTALK
  146. John Pritchard - that's what this is, wikipedia, isn't it? whew.
  147. --Brrk.3001 06:44, 8 November 2006 (UTC)Im in!
  148. --Sir james paul 12:39, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
  149. Ruthfulbarbarity 03:08, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
  150. Davandron
  151. NinaEliza (talk • contribs • logs) 20:57, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
  152. ŇëŧΜǒńğëŗ 11:43, 8 January 2007 (UTC) Love to give it a shot..
  153. BenBurch 20:36, 9 February 2007 (UTC) I shall strive to live up to this in all my future edits. --BenBurch 20:36, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
  154. Pavithran|Talk - Good initiative! Keep it up guys!
  155. Shack★Talk，I like it. And actually Harmonious editing was the purpose of Wikipedia, who like seeing Wikipedia quarrel endlessly? 08:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
  156. SmokeyJoe "Wikipedia is not here to make people sad. So we want to respond in a helpful and loving way." 21:49, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
  157. john196920022001 An early experience on Wikipedia involved an edit war with an uncivil editor. Before I knew any better I contributed to that edit war. In researching incivility I found this club
  158. User:Abridged -- I like this idea. Abridged 19:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
  159. User:Jedi feline This sounds like a good idea, especially for music pages where there are genre disputes that could easily be resolved but aren't.
  160. User:Cyrillic Great Idea...let's join our hands knights of Wikipedia!

[edit] Pages developed in a harmonious way

  • Aztec and other Aztec-related articles
  • Virtuaroid, not a single revert in the entire history and all major issues on the talkpage for discussion

[edit] Pages in need of harmony

a.k.a. Pages on fire

Keep this list as short as possible — a maximum of ten, please. There are plenty more pages in need of harmony listed on Wikipedia:Requests for comment and Wikipedia:Third opinion. This list is for pages with particularly vehement conflicts that have lasted a very long time. Let's do our best to extinguish the flames by helping these pages find a consensus.

[edit] See also

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