Wikipedia:Dispute resolution requests/Guide

Main page: Wikipedia:Dispute resolution

Dispute resolution requests provides a central compilation and easy-access overview of noticeboards for dispute resolution, and details the various different methods used at each of the Wikipedia dispute resolution pages.

Article content dispute resolution requests

Third opinion Specialised noticeboards Requests for comment Dispute resolution noticeboard Request an outside opinion when there is a content dispute between only two users. Ask questions and request assistance from users familiar with the content policies and guidelines relevant to that noticeboard. Request input on a specific content issue from a broad number of uninvolved users. Have uninvolved volunteers facilitate a discussion about an ongoing content dispute. Unsure which one to use? Check out our guide to dispute resolution, or ask at the talk page.

User conduct dispute resolution requests

Edit warring noticeboard Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents Arbitration Enforcement Report editors who are repeatedly undoing others' edits to try to "win" a dispute. Request assistance from administrators and experienced editors regarding recent or ongoing misconduct by an editor. Request enforcement against a user who you feel is acting in breach of the remedies described in a closed arbitration case. Unsure which one to use? Check out our guide to dispute resolution, or ask at the talk page.

Advanced disputes

Arbitration Cases Apply to the Arbitration Committee for an examination and binding decision regarding a long-standing issue of misconduct after all other avenues of dispute resolution have been exhausted.

See also

• Help:Simple guide to vandalism cleanup, for situations where an editor is clearly deliberately trying to harm Wikipedia.
• Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations, for situations where an editor is suspected of abusively using two or more Wikipedia accounts.

Negotiate on talk page

• Remain civil and calm and keep your comments to the point
• Do not edit war, keep by the 3RR rule, if possible, 1RR, if you encounter edit warring you can request for page protection or report it to the edit warring noticeboard
• If discussions on the talk page go stale, reminder the other user(s) as they may perhaps be busy with other stuff
• After say a month, if discussions on the talk page aren't going anywhere, ask for help from one of the following.

Third opinion

• For simple content-related issues between two editors, you may bring your dispute to third opinion to ask for an informal outside opinion. If the dispute continues after, you can bring it to the dispute resolution noticeboard.

Dispute resolution noticeboard

• For simple content-related issues between two or more editors, you may bring your dispute to the informal dispute resolution noticeboard, here, the volunteers may refer you elsewhere. This is a good place to bring your dispute if you don't know what the next step should be.

Requests for comment

• For simple content-related issues where concise proposals have been made on the talk page, you may bring your dispute to the informal requests for comment to have the broader community look at the dispute and make suggestions

Wikiquette Assistance

• For any conduct-related issues where an editor feels treated uncivilly, you may bring your dispute to the informal Wikiquette Assistance request page. Here, they may refer you to sub-noticeboards.

Informal mediation

• For content-related issues that failed to be resolved after requesting third opinion, requests for comment and dispute resolution noticeboard, you may bring your dispute to informal mediation.

Formal mediation

• For content-related issues that have been through all other avenues, formal mediation is the last and final resort for content.

Arbitration

• For conduct-related issues that have been through all other avenues, formal arbitration is the last and final resort for conduct. Arbitration issues binding solutions through the form of sanctions.