Editing Eurovision Wiki:Third opinion (section)

== Providing third opinions ==
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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. Please mention in the [[WP:ES|edit summary]] ''how many disputes remain.'' Example of summary message: {{code|5 items remain on the list}}

* Third opinions must be [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|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. Remember that Wikipedia works by [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]], not a [[WP:vote|vote]]. 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 [[Wikipedia:Civility|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> }}