User:Kylu/chill
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- Back on 20 May 2006, User:Deiz and myself had a conversation about making a WP:CHILLOUT as a method of explaining new methods of reviewing your work. While many editors do a wonderful job of reviewing what they type and ensuring that what they type is neutral in tone and friendly in attitude, a few editors are not privy to these techniques. With luck, this page will help.
[edit] Things to Review
- Are you cool? Calm? Don't write while upset.
- Clear your mind, forget what you just wrote, and look at it again as if someone just told that to you.
- Is this something you might take offense to? Is there another way of wording it?
- Smile while you write.
- While black and white text on a screen does a poor job of conveying emotion, your choice of words can be affected by these emotions,
- and they will in turn affect your reader. They can tell.
- Are you being honest in your facts and opinions? Are you being sincere in your writing?
- The best way to become someone's friend is to treat them like they were one already.
- (From Essjay's page) Everytime you click "save this page" be completely convinced that what you are saving will make Wikipedia a better, more friendly, and more sucessful project, and if what you've typed won't do that, don't click save.
[edit] Helpful pages
- WP:CHILL - Wikipedia: The World Will Not End Tomorrow
- WP:CIVIL - Civility
- WP:WQT - Wikipedia Etiquette
- WP:NPA - No Personal Attacks policy
- WP:AGF - Assume Good Faith
- WP:NAM - No Angry Mastodons (Seriously)
