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== Providing third opinions == * Third opinions must be neutral. If you have had dealings with the article or with the editors involved in the dispute that would bias your response, do not offer a third opinion on that dispute. * Read the arguments of the disputants. * Do not provide opinions recklessly. In some cases both sides may have presented valid arguments, or you may disagree with both. Provide the reasoning behind your argument. * Provide third opinions in the relevant section of the disputed article talk pages following the discussion of the dispute. Sign your comments with four ''tildes'', like so: <nowiki>~~~~.</nowiki> * Write your opinion in a civil and nonjudgmental way. * Unless there's a clearly urgent problem, don't make immediate article-content changes of your own which affect the ongoing discussion. * Consider keeping pages on which you have given a third opinion on your [[Help:Watching pages|watchlist]] for a few days. Often, articles listed here are watched by very few people. * If it's not clear what the dispute is, put {{tls|third opinion|your_username}} on the talk page of the article. This template will post sections for the disputing editors to summarize their opinions. * For third opinion requests that do not follow the instructions above, it is possible to alert the requesting party to that fact by employing {{tl|uw-3o}}. === Use template === * The {{tl|3OR}} template is handy for providing a third opinion on the talk page. For a shorter alternative, {{tl|3ORshort}} can also be used. Usage (either): {{tls|3OR | <your response> }} {{tls|3ORshort | <your response> }} === Remove answered entry and summarize on how many are left === * When providing a third opinion, please ''remove the listing from this page'' before you provide your third opinion. Doing so prevents other volunteers from duplicating your effort. Mention in the summary ''which dispute you have removed'' and ''how many remain.'' E.g. of summary message {{code|5 items remain on the list}} Respondents appreciate feedback about the outcome of the dispute, either on the article's talk page or on their own talk page. We want to know whether the outcome was positive or not, helping us to maintain and improve the standards of our work. If a respondent's third opinion was especially helpful or wise, you might want to consider awarding {{mono|<nowiki>{{subst:The Third Opinion Award|your message}}</nowiki>}} on their user talk page. It can also be given once for diligent service to this project which is generally any volunteer who has more than 50 edits to this page. For more information see [[Template:The Third Opinion Award|its documentation]] and [[Wikipedia:Third opinion/Service award log]]. Adding {{t|Third opinion}} to your dashboard or userpage will produce or transclude only the active disagreements for viewing. Sample code with additional links: {{mono|<nowiki>Third opinion disputes {{A2wiki:Third Opinion}}<small>[{{fullurl:A2wiki:Third opinion|action=edit§ion=3}} update], {{purge}}</small></nowiki>}} '''Active contributors''' who watchlist the page, review disputes, and update the list of active disagreements with informative edit summaries, are welcome to add themselves to the [[:Category:Editors willing to provide third opinions]]. If you support this project you may wish to add the {{tl|User Third opinion}} userbox to your user page, which automatically adds you to this category.
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