Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/Infobox peace talk

This is 2015, the socalled infobox wars are in their 10th year, and I would like to see an agreement that ends them. All thoughts welcome. The following discussion began as a suggestion on Nikkimaria's talk on 23 February. Excerpts follow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:00, 28 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Respect each other

Thank you for your note in Remember and enjoy. Would you be willing to word some agreement that we alleged infobox warriors could sign, better than my (a little sloppy, a little provoking) "Think twice before reverting the same thing a second time, and think three times before making a third comment in the same matter." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:26, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Having more or less the same discussion every page is a waste of resources. We just had reason to compare The Rite of Spring (2013) and Chopin (2014 / 2015), - with Andy or without, still a lot of repetition. 10 years of "war" (of which I had only 3) are enough ;) - Brainstorming: editorial choice of the person who starts an article is a fine approach, but how to treat and involve the inevitable IP or other editor who has no idea of a conflict? (I would not have touched Chopin, for respect to Smerus, if that had not happened.) How does come into play what readers normally expect? How can falsehoods and clutter be avoided? How later changes be monitored? ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:15, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ownership: I would gladly word without ever using the word, and used it only for something past here. Let's go forward. I think we agree that the first person to make a decision about infobox yes or no is the person who creates an article, followed by other editors who do substantial work. - Back to where problems come: a user who has no idea of a minefield comes along and in good faith adds an infobox. Did you see the nice work in many steps done recently on Chopin? I really loved "severely underweight", but reverted, of course. How can we address these people in a friendly manner. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:36, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In a recent discussion, the term main editors came up, can we use that, instead of "owners"? Can we try to define what it means, and what suggestions and decisions they can make? What if two main editors disagree? What about the interests of the community and the readers? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:43, 27 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016

The topic seems more or less at peace. Relief! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:06, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]