Wikipedia:Diffusing conflict: Difference between revisions

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This page in a nutshell: Most people who say they're "diffusing conflict" don't really mean it.

Now and then someone undertakes to "diffuse" a conflict budding somewhere in the project. Probably they really mean they want to defuse the problem, as in "remove its fuse" – like from a bomb – so that it won't explode. Diffusing a conflict would be to spread it over a wide area, which is presumably not the intention.

Sometimes people write lengthy posts at WP:ANI in hopes of defusing a situation; however, the ensuing drama means it is diffused instead.

Casting dispersions, inciteful comments, and so on

Closely related concepts include:

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 * ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=842397713 hoisting blame];'' and
 * ''[http://www.letsgopens.com/scripts/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=58229 being foist with one's own petard]''.
+* ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=859284841 being loathe to do something]''.
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