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===Casting dispersions, inciteful comments, and so on=== |
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[[File:Rosenholm Castle.jpg|thumb|A civil and constructive manor]] |
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* ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=826215789 casting dispersions];'' |
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* ''[http://www.letsgopens.com/scripts/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=58229 being foist with one's own petard]''. |
* ''[http://www.letsgopens.com/scripts/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=58229 being foist with one's own petard]''. |
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* ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=859284841 being loathe to do something]''. |
* ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=859284841 being loathe to do something]''. |
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* ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=426232466 weather or not]''. |
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* ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=489546447 a civil and constructive manor]''. |
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Revision as of 11:47, 14 September 2018
 | This is an essay. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. |
 | 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
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