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User:Ksoileau

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INTERESTS

My primary interests include:

  • Mathematics and mathematicians
  • Forteana, i.e. interesting unexplained phenomena
  • Theist apologetics
  • Orbital mechanics, especially rendezvous

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vbThis user is a Visual Basic programmer.
C-3This user is an advanced C programmer.
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DThis user reads Dilbert.
This user does not smoke.
This user is a carnivore.
This user enjoys playing chess.
This user enjoys solving
Sudoku puzzles.
This user enjoys bicycling.
This user uses Google as a primary search engine.
This user contributes using Microsoft Windows XP.
This user contributes using Microsoft Windows Vista.
This user's life occurs in
real time.
♂This user is male.
Tip of the moment...
The fastest way to end a conflict: walk away

Edit warring is bad, especially when idea exchange has stopped and is replaced by reverting edits. Not good, as it disrupts Wikipedia and wastes resources. Wikipedia's main resource is the time and effort that you and other Wikipedians devote to contributions. Edit warring is like a game of tic-tac-toe: once you know how to play, nobody ever wins. Edit warring is worse, though, because it can go on indefinitely and can get you banned.

The solution? Chill out and relax. Go edit somewhere else on Wikipedia for a few days; Wikipedia has millions of nice and quiet pages to work on. Meanwhile, you may think of a solution that everyone will be happy with which you can bring to the talk page. When you come back, stay calm and keep your involvement in the dispute on the talk page. Others who refuse to do so will answer for it eventually.

Building consensus is the Wikipedia way of resolving disputes, as continued discussion brings new possibilities and positive solutions to light. Think "What if we..."

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