Conflict Resolution

More to come, but until then...

Wars

Wars within an online community often follow a typical cycle:

• Private e-mailing: Two people exchange words publicly or privately, resulting in a back-and-forth over private e-mail.
• Mediators step in: A few people try and mediate the conflict by suggestion methods of resolution. Both sides are too emotional to listen, though.
• Threats: From "I'll leave if..." to "You'll be forced to leave if you don't..."
• The hardline: Someone finally says "Either you ____ or you leave!
• The White Flag Confession: One or more people in the conflict admit one of the following:
  • They may have been too harsh.
  • They have stress in their life that caused this problem.
  • They did something that inadvertantly led to this conflict, even though they didn't mean to.
• Calls for more rules: People suggest rules which will avoid this future situation. --FltAdml. Wolf 15:09, 3 Dec 2004 (EST)