Trains talk:Dispute resolution
No process, but...
"If all of the above fails, get the community involved."
And how does the user go about getting the community involved? It's not really advisable to just ask some random editor for an opinion - they may not be active at the time.
Is this an appropriate use of the Guard's Van? That page is intended for people asking for help. However, it may be considered too public a place 'to air the editors' dirty washing'. (Is there a better place to pose the question?) Alternatively, a {{dispute resolution please}} template could be created for use on the talk page of a user or article in a dispute -- but this assumes that someone will be watching the category that the talk page or article is placed in (not yet guaranteed here, need more editors).
In this case the correct 'simplification' of this guideline is guiding the user to a particular course of action -- for example, posing a question where someone can help them -- rather than leaving them to guess. So, we need to define the 'process' here, even if it is only an instruction to post a question at the Guard's Van asking for assistance.
Thoughts?
EdJogg 17:51, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- It does look as if some sort of routemap may be required here, in extremis. How simple can it be? (that was not the rhetorical question said in deprecating tones, I really do want to know how simple it can be!) Tim Trent Talk to me 18:49, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- I was thinking of nothing more complicated than:
- "If all of the above fails, get the community involved by asking for help at the Station Cafe (the Guard's Van is likely to be most appropriate)."
- But that assumes that the page I suggested is the correct one, and there isn't somewhere that is more appropriate for such questions.
- Note reduced complexity through creation of a process!
- EdJogg 00:06, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- I was thinking of nothing more complicated than:
- Seems simple enough to me. It can always be modifed later. Other folks seem to be uninterested right now, though. Pity. Tim Trent Talk to me 15:21, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
