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caused from talking past each other, prevents drama and visits to the dramaboard, and keeps discussions to a reasonable length, encouraging participation...

of a dispute), not the problem (dramaboard regulars). HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 13:34, 3 April 2024 (UTC) Dramaboard regulars are not necessarily a...

There's nothing worse than the lamest And another example Vandalism on Wiki Dramaboard the Wiki ArbCom's binding decision On Shakespeare's authorship Bribe!...

same vein as WP:WHOEVERSMELTITDEALTIT, WP:POPCORN, WP:CESSPIT and WP:Dramaboard - there seems to be a general consensus that "silly" redirects to ANI...

background (which this candidate has) or not wasting all their time on "dramaboards" like AN/I (I get the impression Steve actively avoids drama), at the...

breadbox... This is an excellent example of what I was saying at the recent dramaboard discussion, Mr. Hammer, a case where you need to be tagging for more sources...

moving beyond the content dispute, and into interpersonal dispute, to the dramaboard, and completely lost focus on the content under discussion. I can't make...

people coming across it as a "joke" redirect per WP:HAPPYPLACE and WP:Dramaboard. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:45, 31 January 2013 (UTC) Delete. Would seem...

appropriate to include all noticeboard threads, even the dramaboards, and maybe even especially the dramaboards. As a brief sample of what sorts of things this...

noticeboard/Incidents Was there ever any doubt? There's a reason why WP:CESSPIT, WP:DRAMABOARD, and WP:Slough of Despond all redirect here. Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents...

appropriate. Thryduulf (talk) 17:13, 27 February 2019 (UTC) Wikipedia:DramaboardWikipedia:Dramaboard → Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents  (talk · links ·...

for 15 years, and is involved with actual content, instead of another dramaboard. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:50, 5 January 2022 (UTC) We also use "R" for...

method of reverting. Regarding "dramaboard", that is an extremely common name for ANI, to the point that WP:Dramaboard directs here. So in sum, no, I am...

it. A fascinating story, and one that puts our minor squabbles at the dramaboard into perspective, I think. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:21, 3 July 2013...

delete. I wasn't around in 2004 but I joined in 2005 and read enough dramaboards to say that it was a very different place. It was certainly a more homogeneous...

ones, to find out how to request assistance and negotiate Wikipedia's dramaboards, help can come to them. As long as humans reviewed the bot's results...

enough, content-editing enough, and not too often lolling about in the dramaboards. :-)  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  03:55, 25 January 2020 (UTC) Strong Oppose...

minute subthread to the RfC, but as y'all have insisted on going to the dramaboard there are now dozens of editors analyzing your contributions and asking...

number of edits I've made in 14 years. Can't find any fault with non-dramaboard edits. Don't always agree with them at AN/ANI, but they seem to have clue...

Cyberpower7 (talk) 20:14, 1 November 2024 (UTC) Following a discussion at WP:DRAMABOARD, this user has been blocked for unhelpful, low-effort spamming of discussions...

noticeboard. Nor am I the one who is serially wikistalking others to the dramaboards. "Gentlemen. You can't fight in here. This is the War Room!". You're...

I am involved on not, I will use the admin tools or report them on a dramaboard. However, if someone is genuinely asking for help or guidance, I try to...

money on it. Done; I opened the ANI myself, despite my distaste for the dramaboards, because your topic ban from sexuality, broadly construed, was lifted...

consensus that the administrator behaved inappropriately." This is too much dramaboard bureaucracy. It looks like an objective test, but it throws the subjectivity...

(UTC) Crossroads, this isn't the first time you have intervened on a dramaboard to say, essentially, how about this unrelated thing Newimpartial did....

Springee (talk) 10:59, 27 October 2022 (UTC) This isn't the correct dramaboard forum to discuss a pattern of problematic editing apart from revert-warring...

understand by "dramaboard" and "this nonsense"? Marcelus (talk) 21:54, 13 March 2022 (UTC) Comment - I think that by the use of the term 'dramaboard', the user...

admins in such circumstances, leaving them to be dragged from dramaboard to dramaboard. That's why I now leave ArbCom enforcement to ArbCom itself. Sandstein...

seems to indicate that he is attracted like a moth to a flame on the dramaboards. I do not think he is helpful, and would like to start a conversation...

I would suggest that you pursue avenues of engagement other than the dramaboard for now. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 00:16, 21 July 2009 (UTC)...

even after we have been to the dramaboards with such editors for a gazillion times. I am sorry, the tours to the dramaboards cause more disruption than the...

control the excesses of DrChrissy's serial vexatious complaining at dramaboards, I worry that the community proposals so far are woefully inadequate...

asked Drmies about it on their talk page first, and only run to the WP:Dramaboard if they kick up a stink and say "no, I'm right and you're wrong" (which...

reason for your choice? A: Slim to none. I tend to stay away from the dramaboards. It's great some admins are willing (or want) to work there, it's important...

Morrigan's. Or is it that reading the headers is just too much for the dramaboard users these days? In which case shouldn't they be deleted? (The headers...

WP:Competence is required basis for the community to limit his access to the dramaboards. This user approaches conflict with a persecution complex and inability...

and just as incapable of ignoring them. Over two weeks sparring on the dramaboards is enough. The imposition of a 1 way IBAN on IrelandCork wrt Goddard2000...

likely that another thread will have to be opened here (or on some other dramaboard) in future... bobrayner (talk) 17:35, 21 March 2013 (UTC) I dont think...

You needlessly personalised things and escalated the dispute to this dramaboard. You have been advised to continue your discussions calmly at more relevant...

the watchwords in these cases, not templated warnings and straight to a dramaboard. ——SerialNumber54129 14:52, 15 July 2019 (UTC) Alright, i was wrong. And...

do... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 22:32, 12 January 2018 (UTC) I hate WP:Dramaboard, but when things come this far... User cited above has: 1. Modified other's...

with the Dylan Flaherty history, and I really try to stay away from dramaboards if I can help it. It does seem that Ubikwit is very quick to make accusations...

essay, Tryptofish. The mob mentality at ArbCom proceedings and other dramaboards can be horrific. They often function as kangaroo courts with no rights...

academic) Sadko has made quite a number of other appearances on the dramaboards in the time this report covers (since the account was renamed from User:Mm...

an actual consensus can be formed instead of taking this back to the dramaboards. If you can't do that, then maybe an IBAN is needed between the 2 of...

muster". It was a redir along the lines of other redirs, such as Wikipedia:Dramaboard, Wikipedia:CESSPIT, Wikipedia:Great Dismal Swamp, Wikipedia:POPCORN and...

sources you believe violate the policy) and instead ran straight to the dramaboards, I think it's clear to disinterested observers who actually has a "battleground...

resolve disputes with other users on their talk page before running to dramaboards. Indeed, as the notice on the top of this page instructs "Before posting...

in the past, especially back in 2012. Like TG, I was taken to all the dramaboards and amid blocks and SPI accusations due to the editor concerned. Looking...

12:35, 26 August 2021 (UTC) I was just looking over the links to the dramaboards supplied by Lugnuts, above, and while there's some improvement from...

noticeboard for incidents, not routine suggestions. Yes, it's also a dramaboard, and there are a few users who are repeatedly brought up here. However...

BWilkins regarding his treatment of IPs and was dragging BWilkins to the dramaboards 2-3 times a day for a few days. I suggested to that IP that if they were...

guidelines, then there probably would be no need for ANI or any of the other dramaboards. But we live in an imperfect world, so these things happen, and we have...

both of you. It is not at all clear why you thought taking this to the dramaboard was a good idea when the usual remedies handed out here (blocks, protection)...

there's no point in this kind of thing continuing around here on the dramaboard - legitimate issues with their editing can and should be raised on their...

waste of time. People who devote themselves to wasting others' time on dramaboards, and spreading the battleground across venues, after a certain point...

but emphatically. I pride myself on my ability to stay away from the dramaboards, but here I feel obligated to weigh in. I am not, in any sense of the...

anything but another poem by Brad!??!?! Once upon a day of joking, Dramaboards were nearly choking under the weight of many jokes which charitably could...

that I to go to ANI due to this editor's behavior.[105] I try to avoid dramaboards but the disruption has continued so I feel I have no other option. Personal...

or the on-hiatus Jimbotalk. This message is being posted here, on the dramaboard, for a very specific reason—to strike in the heart of the idiocy that...

preface this with saying that I was told I should stay away from the dramaboards, and since then I have followed that excellent advice for the most part...

article in question to cover this issue. It's a shame now we have this dramaboard distraction which will no doubt achieve little in this specific case....

see these sorts of posts is about the only reason that I look at the dramaboards any more. Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 00:37, 31 October 2008...

status would have been considered more appropriate. The ad hoc rituals on dramaboards are not my usual wheelhouse, either. – Athaenara ✉ 21:01, 21 August 2020...

personally see it as credible, it's probably better to handle it off the dramaboards for WP:DENY purposes. 199.66.69.88 (talk) 01:50, 19 February 2020 (UTC)...

Maunus (and others; save this diff, though). 9000 opinions on that wp:dramaboard has severed to make it one. The idea that that place needs reining in...

likely respond positively if questioned I'd have gone nowhere near the dramaboard with this. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 23:45, 20 October 2009...

(talk) 00:19, 5 April 2010 (UTC) So you decided instead to post on WP:Dramaboard with a dispute in which you cannot "agree on who is being disruptive"...

act responsibly and close this thread, before it becomes a meaningless dramaboard. No offense to OP. Rehman 00:24, 21 May 2018 (UTC) Ditto. No earthly good...

nose clean since his return, insofar as I haven't seen his name on the dramaboards at all. At some point, given a long period of good behavior, we need...

open proxy, it seems more complicated than that. I don't enjoy making dramaboard reports, too much commotion for my taste, but I've grown weary of the...

Pursuant to the discussion and consensus here, Stevertigo is indefinitely banned from editing Wikipedia by the community. He may appeal this ban to the...

November 2021 (UTC) Weakly interested. I'm wary of Just-Another-F(riendly)-Dramaboard (per Beebs below), but having a specific, non-ANI place for "yeah you're...

behaviour, but the problem persists. It shouldn't take a thread on a dramaboard for her to respond to these very valid concerns of her fellow editors...

further edits should be made to this discussion. I know this is known as a dramaboard and I really don't want to cause any. However, I'm not in the habit of...

opinion about the alleged misdeeds, and that ANI shouldn't be used as a dramaboard. When complaining about pings, a description of who pinged whom and when...

results in the poor, distressed people dragging the editor in question to a dramaboard in order to argue that the editor in question is the one being disruptive...

out. There was no name calling, and nobody got dragged off to the WP:Dramaboard. I don't know why the Tom Rees AfD was proposed, but I have to assume...

It seems pretty innocuous to me, and there are no contentious AfDs or dramaboard discussions that link to it. Cheers. Reyk YO! 08:19, 29 May 2019 (UTC)...

this is clearly a small detail and I'd rather this not become a whole dramaboard thing. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 03:04, 3 October 2022 (UTC) Just in case...

(may be renamed as CallMeAnynameYouWant) will defer the incident to some dramaboard as yet another bullying attempt, instead of taking the bait. Pldx1 (talk)...

the time on actually improving an article, don't spend the time on a dramaboard to discuss why someone should be reprimanded for improving. OhanaUnitedTalk...

subject.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:56, 6 October 2022 (UTC) I know this is the dramaboard and all that, but that doesn't mean we have to actually incite that drama...

all your base are belong to 16, right?) Could someone explain to me off-dramaboard what was going on there, in easy to understand words, suitable for people...

still ongoing and causing concern to so many who spend their time on this dramaboard and don't really improve the content of WP themselves. I'm sick of arguing...

documented problems with Lugnuts' civility and canvassing before the dramaboards started admonishing them for creating stubs that meet WP:STUB and WP:N...

@Malcolmxl5! (also, your edit summary made me look like i reported it on the dramaboard, lol.) lettherebedarklight, 晚安, おやすみなさい, ping me when replying 12:54,...

this is the latest in a long line of attempts to draw Carl into ugly dramaboard discussions and therefore somehow tag him as "involved" and bar him from...

going to address the underlying issue, nor is escalating things to the dramaboard as soon as one party in a dispute gets a little angry. Step back, take...

whatever reason) at WP:ARCA, but they want to go on and on in a Wikipedia:Dramaboard sort of way. Why? Who knows. El_C 12:02, 6 February 2021 (UTC) Hidden...

input. Anyway, I support the direction you're suggesting; indef imposed dramaboard ban. Alarbus (talk) 23:27, 3 March 2012 (UTC) Support new or existing...

†TE†Talk 15:24, 26 May 2013 (UTC) I dunno your point here -- TE's first dramaboard edit was in response to a post from User:Scribner. And not when he first...

removals, I'd have happily done it. Instead we have a needless run to the dramaboard. With no-one attempting to discuss things with me. Outstanding. Lukeno94...

other steps in dispute resolution before dragging your opponent to the dramaboard. Oh, and you should know by now that you should notify an editor when...

situation. Re-introducing tags at this point (and then running off to the dramaboard) seems like a WP:POINTY way to go about things. FWIW, this editor was...

didn't ask Softlavender about this on her talk page before coming to the dramaboard? WP:AGF applies to long time editors as well as newbies. MarnetteD|Talk...

could've easily been discussed on the project talk page without the use of a dramaboard. GenQuest "Talk to Me" The information I add to Thomas Cook Group, TCTO...

do so. All he is doing is wasting everyone's time by causing even more dramaboard nonsense, caused by Prioryman - understandably enough, I think - feeling...

in this subject for comments like "compile an off-wiki list of all the dramaboard GMO cases and recurring actors to help the press get a handle on what...

with them. You did misunderstand, and my advice stands to stay off this "dramaboard" until better versed in editing. Fences&Windows 00:57, 17 April 2016 (UTC)...

advised to exhaust more forms of dispute resolution before coming to the dramaboard in the future. (non-admin closure) –Chase (talk / contribs) 20:56, 21...

one year sanction from April 13, 2019, on Rusf10 for their vexatious dramaboard filings against me has expired or has been lifted, this is a violation...

ANI thread. As five year, 25,000 edit with (as his user page states "dramaboard" experience), this is entrapment or attractive nuisance or simply really...

block user · block log) Well, here we are again, and here I am posting on the dramaboard. Anyways, I think its time User:Potguru be shown the door. The user has...

January 2014 (UTC) Yes, that is a systematic problem with the way the dramaboards work. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:20, 8 January 2014 (UTC) This needs to end...

January 2013 (UTC) (Non-administrator comment) I'm not a big fan of the dramaboard, but I felt I had to give some input on this one. Sbharris, I understand...

overall thrust of the comment, and leave it at that. For the sake of future dramaboard threads: This is not a warning. Dennis made a block he shouldn't have...

people who take part in this discussion are the ones who go onto the dramaboard anyway and wouldn't necessarily be improving the encyclopedia with the...

said Zebedee (talk) 01:01, 25 November 2011 (UTC) I"ve never seen a dramaboard regular post a retirement announcement without coming back quickly, so...

on T09's talk page. That would be friendlier than starting one on the dramaboards. Cabayi (talk) 17:31, 22 March 2021 (UTC) I don't have much confidence...

on article space (who fancies improving Ioana Ciolacu?) than on the dramaboards ... but if disruption turns up, we need to address it. Jesse, just calm...

belongs (and where some Arbs are voting to take the case). The last "dramaboard" stuff opened by me before that, that I recall, is a successful SPI report...

is your arm-twisting attempt by closing it first and whining on the dramaboards later.--cyclopiaspeak! 13:56, 4 September 2014 (UTC) And the continuation...

tropes, "CIVIL isn't working" largely isn't the case outside of the dramaboards and the usual suspects. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) - talk 11:10...

other users, he is equally unpleasant (as his repeated arguments at dramaboards indicates). There is no explicit iban in place, just a decided avoidance...

June 2019 (UTC) Can we save this as an example of why people call ANI a dramaboard? Meanwhile, allow the protection to go to expiration and then sanction...

restriction, and don't recall seeing them involved in any significant dramaboard dust-ups in this topic (and there have been plenty). I support the request...

contributors think, not protectors-rollbackers-blockers dispatched from dramaboards. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 15:42, 27 March 2014 (UTC) Firstly, localised consensus...

four years mostly editing mainspace, and has so little experience on "dramaboards," they don't even recognize a standard discussion break. That's probably...

sanction on their part. Sad, really, but probably par for the course on the dramaboards... If you have a chance to get rid of someone who's challenged you in...

one year sanction from April 13, 2019, on Rusf10 for their vexatious dramaboard filings against me has expired or has been lifted, this is a SECOND violation...

and Álex Grimaldo, unsure why SLBedit felt the need to escalate to the dramaboards. GiantSnowman 19:22, 11 June 2015 (UTC) Comment it is difficult to judge...

be issued with escalating blocks, without the need for a visit to the dramaboard to confirm this. If there are issues that the editor in question here...

perhaps, inflammatory, to suggest that DH went [237] straight to the dramaboards, when in just the preceding section, you threatened to go to Arbcom....

our policies and guidelines. They have wasted a bunch of our time with dramaboards. They are not here to build an encyclopedia. Jytdog (talk) 18:51, 14...

talk:Flow, perhaps we should give it to them there instead of this here "Dramaboard"?? NE Ent 15:32, 5 February 2014 (UTC) ? And your point is? I have raised...

people should stop trying to strong-arm a situation by resorting to the dramaboards. None of the AfDs seems to be in bad faith or so obviously wrong as to...

disinterest in learning how the encyclopedia works before charging into dramaboards and launching threads about third parties. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk)...

encyclopedia, not those who spend most of their time judging people at dramaboards. I'm honestly just as impressed by candidates who do a tremendous amount...

civility problem. Loquacious threats to drag unsuspecting editors to the dramaboards have a distinct chilling effect, particularly against inexperienced users...

September 2018 (UTC) Simonm223, I don't generally get myself involved at dramaboards, but, if you think something should be suppressed, please make a private...

sticki or any of the other aids available. There is something at these dramaboards however called boomerang. Your conduct today is not beyond reproach....

(Endorse checkuser request BTW), nothing here merits a dragging to the dramaboards. Tazerdadog (talk) 05:41, 25 September 2017 (UTC) But it is not just...

for typos... he just thrust that issue right into the spotlight on the dramaboards where a huge part of the editing community will see it, and that is their...

happened. I suggest to trout SharabSalam for repeatedly bringing issues to dramaboards without discussing them with an admin first.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:31...

May 2019 (UTC) What if it happened again, and Fæ (or whoever) made a dramaboarding out of it? And whether you think you'd be subject to sanctions for such...

total time-sucking nightmare that almost got several editors hauled to dramaboards for tendentiousness, IDHT, forumshopping, and personal attacks, and almost...

is ridiculous. It is obvious both these users are using WP:AE as their dramaboard to settle a score. Mar4d (talk) 07:37, 26 April 2017 (UTC) @El C: Could...

so she reverts. But, in spite of all that, it immediately goes to the dramaboards and people are clamoring to indef-block her over it?? The intent of the...

why some of us don't want to waste lots of time reading interminable dramaboard posts. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 02:01, 11 August 2010 (UTC) I would expect...

circumstances, it might led me to complete retirement. This was on one of the dramaboards, and not a single person tried, if not to defend me, but at least to...

many editors would do well to learn. I’ve never been brought to the dramaboards, but of course, there’s always something I can do better. One recent...

edit wondering if someone was going to jump on me and drag me to this dramaboard - so as much as I have disagreed and continue to disagree with DHeyward...

right place to report an indeffed vandal, so I'm taking this to the dramaboards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dudhhr (talk • contribs) 21:15...

about. More paranoia, and paranoia is a very poor reason for abusing dramaboards. -- BullRangifer (talk) PingMe 05:00, 19 July 2018 (UTC) Refactored by...

sad to see an edit of mine written into two vignettes/scenes on the dramaboards (Maslowsneeds, Hidden Tempo) I still maintain this was a reasonable "bold"...

pleasant people who slowly circlejerk their e-peens around the so-called "dramaboards". The end result that serves readers should reign supreme and I wish...

thing across the entire site, since he never ends up at ANI or other dramaboards for anything not related to RM, from what I can tell, and he's productive...

substantive enough to do anything. Frivolous cases like this are why AE and Dramaboard are such cesspools. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Wordsmith...

edits in the ten days prior to that post, and my last post to one of the dramaboards (AN or AN/I) was in June. I would have contributed earlier had I been...

still linger today. Since that time, I have tried to keep away from the dramaboards and disengage from some of the more heated debates. Perhaps more articulately...

September 2018 (UTC) Oppose per partisan behavior on divise threads at the dramaboards. That's ok for an admin, but for advanced permissions someone more neutral...

having a problem with Editor X", gathering the diffs, and going to the dramaboards with it is time-consuming and painful. Giving well-qualified (how is...

me such a user. The only thing I promise is that I will never become a dramaboard frequenter only, a person who ceased to make a real job but pushes wherever...

lack of prior attempts at dealing with the identified issues via the dramaboards, would you have voted differently regarding taking the case on if you...

action. Although this case was brought by an LTA, it was clear from the dramaboard discussion that some established editors found the block problematic (even...

might be watching, see also yesterday's drama-free discussion at the Dramaboard) Is there any change in the situation since yesterday? The vandal seems...

reason things like WP:PITCHFORKS, WP:POPCORN, WP:CESSPIT and Wikipedia:Dramaboard all redirect to ANI. The WordsmithTalk to me 14:07, 2 June 2016 (UTC)...

tradition that is also reflected in some canonical WP:ANI redirects, like WP:Dramaboard, WP:Complaints Department, WP:Great Dismal Swamp, and of course WP:CESSPIT...

the old project or proposed through the new mechanism, sometimes even a dramaboard like the Signpost or Jimbo's talk page. :) Wnt (talk) 19:28, 21 October...

really think this is that, feel free to go make some dramah at the WP:Dramaboard) and a ridiculously obvious failure to AGF. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs)...

things except in tables anyway). History-wise (and without getting into dramaboard-style diffs), what I see is a bold change (mine) led to a long consensus...

-John M Wolfson (talk) 17:19, 2 April 2019 (UTC) Oppose yet another dramaboard which would likely be populated by extremists on both sides slinging mud...

down is pretty clear so yes, today WQA, tomorrow all the other useless dramaboards.VolunteerMarek 22:58, 20 August 2012 (UTC) Support. The process very...

experts away from their own Bios though, or I foresee a short trip to the Dramaboard or the "Stay off your own BLP article" Noticeboard both followed with...

global community that would make that tricky in the first place, but the dramaboards by their very nature turn any remotely regular participants into wikilawyers...

the tools for the time being. Also, step away from AN, ANI and other dramaboards, and initiate no discussions concerning sanctions against an editor or...

where things generally get resolved more decisively than on the main dramaboard, but I couldn't figure out A) if/how the remedies were applicable and...

A & W are an occasion to recall that all the resources allocated to dramaboards could have been used in the main space, and that a reignition wouldn't...

also user contributions, recent changes, edit filter logs, and even dramaboards. Add the line to your common.js page.This script may require hundreds...

Trout the user. Resolve the dispute with the user. Report the user to the dramaboard. Report the user to multiple boards. Report the user for edit warring...

final, necessary step. Because no one wants to spend more time at the dramaboard than necessary. Grandpallama (talk) 15:37, 7 June 2018 (UTC) Could a user...

recommendation, or in an extreme case AfD, is the solution, not a run to this dramaboard crying that Gerda created an article. Really? You think Gerda creates...

didn't know it existed until this complaint. I retain my dislike of "dramaboards." I do not see the evidence educed as proof of much at all. I suggest...

continue as they been going, except minus the long litany of unclean-hands dramaboard activity. When TRM came up for desyopping on civility grounds a few years...

becoming one, his time on the dramaboards seems overdone; after all, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and these dramaboards and vandalism reversion really...

belated agreement with the above. I share Paul August's view that the dramaboards did themselves no particular credit here, but on the other hand, Michael...

they are opposing citing his behavior. I don't pay attention to the dramaboards enough, so I really want to see some new evidence of his behavior before...

am not surprised by 2over0's view at all. The board is being used as a dramaboard to gain sanctions against opponents. Fences&Windows 19:35, 23 May 2010...

the same thing as was proposed here and which devolved into a horrible dramaboard which, as often as not, either inflamed conduct disputes or drew the volunteer...

practically every admin that hasn't answered Q1 with anything other than the dramaboards. That's just my opinion though. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 20:00, 10 October 2021 (UTC)...

spill into the thread itself, which is why some people nickname it the dramaboard. happy editing! 💜  melecie  talk - 13:10, 2 June 2022 (UTC) At the Luis...

were right, if you want to stir up more drama, that should be at the dramaboard: I obviously don't need to give you any directions on where to find that...

unperson. So, to improve: chill out a bit when editing. Get off the dramaboards, and concentrate on writing articles instead. Al Tally talk 12:59, 13...

January 2010 (UTC) Although slightly more than a "brief" vacation from the dramaboards is called for, I think. Moreschi (talk) 17:43, 1 January 2010 (UTC) Qualified...

delete. I wasn't around in 2004 but I joined in 2005 and read enough dramaboards to say that it was a very different place. It was certainly a more homogeneous...

to ANI and other "too open" noticeboards would also help solve the "dramaboarding as a spectator and team sport" problem, of abusing these venues as a...

that they spend dealing with bad stuff like vandalism patrol and the dramaboards. I think that more diversity would be better. Second, just because someone...

let me politely suggest a move to the Talk or, even more aptly, to the Dramaboard. — kashmīrī TALK 15:51, 5 January 2023 (UTC) Actually, no. All of the...

that need immediate attention. I think he is a qualified candidate than dramaboard residents who just sit and judge others.--Caspian blue 05:17, 26 April...

arbiter will attempt to resolve any dispute with Andy prior to going to any dramaboard or seeking sanctions. @Folantin: And you are not supporting Smerus and...

to, I find discussions there a lot more constructive than the typical dramaboard thread. Hut 8.5 18:12, 6 January 2022 (UTC) The point is that what it...

exact same boat. I'm just a big fan of not going within 12 miles of the dramaboard, you know? casualdejekyll 14:13, 24 February 2022 (UTC) The discussion...

Concerns with behaviour here and off-wiki. Looking through the candidate's dramaboard contributions shows a lot of comments (like this) focused on stirring...

hate RfA candidates who only do administrative tasks, lurk around the dramaboards, or stick with comma-fixing gnome edits and lack any serious efforts...

breadbox... This is an excellent example of what I was saying at the recent dramaboard discussion, Mr. Hammer, a case where you need to be tagging for more sources...

bureaucracy just gets in the way of what we're here to do. AN/I is called the dramaboard for a reason - and although the harassment and personal attacks which...

enough that it gives AN/I the nicknames WP:PITCHFORKS, WP:CESSPIT, and WP:Dramaboard. By moving all the bullshit to its own place, we could create rules more...

the long term good of the project. WP:AN is in contrast a high speed dramaboard. You seem to prefer bitcoin deletions to be under the control of AN, which...

out in Paine's favor that User:SeeSpot Run unfairly dragged Pain to the dramaboard and was later blocked indefinitely as a sockpuppet of ItsLassieTime, though...

lack of prior attempts at dealing with the identified issues via the dramaboards, would you have voted differently regarding taking the case on if you...

psychodrama sessions, I think anyone who opposes a candidate for lack of dramaboard activity is making a mistake. We have a long, multi-stage dispute resolution...

exactly why I created this back in 2016, probably something to do with a dramaboard/IRC discussion where people mentioned "rouge admins YOLOing" or similar...

for really for those who don't like WP:DRAMA and in fact clicking on WP:Dramaboard might reinforce that point. The comments made at ANI are often quite "to...

it is not required or expected, and personally I avoid the Wikipedia:Dramaboard like the plague! :D — MusikAnimal talk 20:09, 20 December 2016 (UTC) The...

in DR related to climate change and other areas inhabited by certain dramaboard/WR regulars, that I don't get a good vibe from. He says he has never heard...

edit. I agree with Harry that we don't need more people monitoring the dramaboards, but we do need help – especially at categories for deletion, templates...

is premature. Normally I'd try WP:BRD before stirring the shit on the dramaboards, but the page is protected and nobody else wants to discuss. I left my...

November 2018 (UTC) Given the lack of attempts at dispute resolution or dramaboard action that preceded it, what are your thoughts on the decision of ArbCom...

absurd bit of Wikipolitical-correct nonsense reverberating around the dramaboards at the moment. The mere utterance of the word cited as reason to oppose...

although I like !voting in them. As an admin, I would continue to avoid the dramaboards whenever possible, it just isn't something that interests me. I think...

Although I'm glad but kind of surprised that they have stayed out of the dramaboards, at least in terms of blocks or other major actions, their demeanor is...

there's nearly a tenfold difference between your level of editing at the dramaboards and his. --JayHenry (talk) 01:54, 10 March 2009 (UTC) Oppose. Baseball...

response you gave in answer four, you would rapidly be dragged to the dramaboards or to WP:DRV. I have read your answer to Q4 three times now and I still...

November 2018 (UTC) Given the lack of attempts at dispute resolution or dramaboard action that preceded it, what are your thoughts on the decision of ArbCom...

November 2018 (UTC) Given the lack of attempts at dispute resolution or dramaboard action that preceded it, what are your thoughts on the decision of ArbCom...

you've spent at ANI (and Jimbo's talk...) will get "too much activity at dramaboards, not enough content" more than it will help you. I imagine it might be...

not going to freak out because the candidate used a "swear word" in one dramaboard thread. No one has rainbows shooting out their ears while they ride around...

easier to postpone such efforts to after we export all the drama to the dramaboards. Restoring a non-violating revision under an appropriate level of protection...

reviewer, and the fact he has been mostly uninvolved with the so-called "dramaboards" reflects brightly on his motives for contributing (in my opinion). Oh...

the AfD, and hesitate not to go to noticeboards lest I be taken to the dramaboards again. Collect (talk) 23:27, 31 August 2015 (UTC) Yes, those 3 sources...

and if I see any further harassment, I'll raise the matter on the AN/I dramaboard. — Charles Stewart (talk) 14:48, 16 July 2021 (UTC) Overturn and relist...

week or two for that). The fact that I haven't seen him at any of the dramaboards is a plus. Naerii - Talk 11:57, 16 June 2008 (UTC) Weak support, user...

tangentially here to build an encyclopedia. Avruch has 800 edits to the dramaboards and a scant 1400 edits to the actual encyclopedia (and I'll note that...

(UTC) Support Beta does more useful work than half the denizens of this dramaboard put together (including me). Masem makes good points. Black Kite (t) (c)...

done) and have zero desire to get involved in behavior policing or the dramaboards in an admin capacity, but I'm kinda curious to see what the feeling would...

lack of prior attempts at dealing with the identified issues via the dramaboards, would you have voted differently regarding taking the case on if you...

below, I am also supporting because of the lack of involvement at the dramaboards. It is absolutely acceptable for an admin to work away in the background...

prior attempts to deal with the identified behaviours through the usual dramaboards? Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 04:04, 12 November 2018 (UTC) I am...

"SoWhy shouldn't be an admin", and having seen what can happen at the dramaboards, I fear it will only take one of them to snap and go to Arbcom, and we'll...

better at handling most disputes over time than ArbCom is. While the dramaboards certainly have their flaws, a final resolution reached there is usually...

right places (AIV, UAA & RFPP) but I see you a little too often at the dramaboard (admittedly with mostly okay advice). A 5 suggests a 50/50 chance of your...

talk page or email, rather than use the Teahouse as a surrogate for a dramaboard. —A little blue Bori v^_^v Jéské Couriano 14:32, 10 July 2021 (UTC) I...

concerning happens. Given the lack of attempts at dispute resolution or dramaboard action that preceded it, what are your thoughts on the decision of ArbCom...

multiply complexities. If you find yourself going off on procedural and/or dramaboard tangents, take a few minutes to re-read the discussion itself, here. –...

SchroCat is also an abuse of RfA to cast unsupported aspersions, to make dramaboard threats to discourage other participants' legitimate questions about an...

you believe TFD's behavior violates a policy or guideline, there are dramaboards for that. This is not the place. Again, please strike and hat. Thanks...

collegially (civilly, even?) without immediately dragging them onto the dramaboards, which tend to be adversarial and counterproductive, and where questions...

lack of prior attempts at dealing with the identified issues via the dramaboards, what are your thoughts on the decision of ArbCom to take on the German...

longterm user you should know, it's not meant to be a form of alternate dramaboard to try points-score or something, it says at the top it's meant to be...

which appears to be a bit of a noticeboard rant (Xeno appears to be a dramaboard regular complainant). Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents...

demonstrated increase in maturity. I'm afraid some will oppose because of past dramaboard participation, no matter what, so I'd place your chances at about 50%...

restriction of 500 words or less in a given post on any of the usual dramaboards (1/6/0 and thus mathematically defeated) Fram should receive the bit...

November 2018 (UTC) Given the lack of attempts at dispute resolution or dramaboard action that preceded it, what are your thoughts on the decision of ArbCom...

November 2018 (UTC) Given the lack of attempts at dispute resolution or dramaboard action that preceded it, what are your thoughts on the decision of ArbCom...

got to do to join is unblock Fram the next time it come's around on the dramaboard. 67.164.113.165 (talk) 01:26, 12 June 2019 (UTC) That'd actually be really...

delete. I wasn't around in 2004 but I joined in 2005 and read enough dramaboards to say that it was a very different place. It was certainly a more homogeneous...

and if I see any further harassment, I'll raise the matter on the AN/I dramaboard. — Charles Stewart (talk) 14:48, 16 July 2021 (UTC) Overturn and relist...

easier to postpone such efforts to after we export all the drama to the dramaboards. Restoring a non-violating revision under an appropriate level of protection...

December 2015 (UTC) In this context? Probably. People only turn up at dramaboards when they are either summoned or need intervention with someone else...

pleasant people who slowly circlejerk their e-peens around the so-called "dramaboards". The end result that serves readers should reign supreme and I wish...

M, Demetrios thinks source W is outdated because of N). Only use the dramaboard if you can identify that the other person has clearly violated the guidelines...

including the completely unnecessary and inappropriate spillover into other dramaboards. Somebody with sufficient stripes on their sleeve should close this now...

those who suggest opening an RFC rather than constant blowups on the dramaboards noticeboards. --SB_Johnny | talk 15:40, 9 October 2009 (UTC) Oppose This...

Tamzin] (she|they|xe) 20:57, 10 July 2023 (UTC) Question: What about the redirects WP:Dramaboard, WP:CESSPIT, or WP:Great Dismal Swamp? I think all three of these also...

Wikipedia:Drama because there's a reason that someone created the short-cut link WP:Dramaboard. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:45, 6 June 2021 (UTC) Many thanks, Marchjuly,...

November 2018 (UTC) Given the lack of attempts at dispute resolution or dramaboard action that preceded it, what are your thoughts on the decision of ArbCom...

it. A fascinating story, and one that puts our minor squabbles at the dramaboard into perspective, I think. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:21, 3 July 2013...

appropriate to include all noticeboard threads, even the dramaboards, and maybe even especially the dramaboards. As a brief sample of what sorts of things this...

better at handling most disputes over time than ArbCom is. While the dramaboards certainly have their flaws, a final resolution reached there is usually...

edits in the ten days prior to that post, and my last post to one of the dramaboards (AN or AN/I) was in June. I would have contributed earlier had I been...

September 2018 (UTC) Oppose per partisan behavior on divise threads at the dramaboards. That's ok for an admin, but for advanced permissions someone more neutral...

prior attempts to deal with the identified behaviours through the usual dramaboards? Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 04:04, 12 November 2018 (UTC) I am...

lack of prior attempts at dealing with the identified issues via the dramaboards, what are your thoughts on the decision of ArbCom to take on the German...

concerning happens. Given the lack of attempts at dispute resolution or dramaboard action that preceded it, what are your thoughts on the decision of ArbCom...

probably the place where this would be properly dealt with. Maybe. But dramaboards often result in more heat than light. jps (talk) 12:13, 18 November 2015...

confrontational and will be so when required. I hope to see them at the WP:DRAMABOARD in the future even though an interest in such is not explicitly mentioned...

away from any of the contentious topics or long, prolonged/drawn-out dramaboard discussions, my hope is that it will preemptively avoid most future conflict...

(initialism) Overused The Signpost crossword™ clue; everyone's favorite dramaboard  ANI  11  (acronym) /haʊ du ju pɹəˈnaʊns ðɪs/  IPA  12  (initialism) “I'm...

(initialism) Overused The Signpost crossword™ clue; everyone's favorite dramaboard  ANI  11  (acronym) /haʊ du ju pɹəˈnaʊns ðɪs/  IPA  12  (initialism) “I'm...

dawnleelynn(talk) 05:27, 28 October 2018 (UTC) @Dawnleelynn: It's WP:ANI a.k.a. WP:Dramaboard. You should be able to edit semi-protected articles. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus...

to start a petition during or immediately after a complaint at the WP:DRAMABOARD. One hopes that cooler heads will prevail, which suggests that what we...

incoming redirects. Some are logical, others are humorous akin to WP:DRAMABOARD and WP:CESSPIT. With those, the humor feels more fair as it pokes at the...

Support: no concerns; I find the opposes related to "being active at dramaboards" unreasonable. Darling ☔ (talk · contribs) 17:52, 30 December 2023 (UTC)...

Optional question from Lightoil 8. Do you foresee yourself working on the "dramaboards" such as WP:ANI and WP:AE and imposing sanctions such as bans and blocks...

A & W are an occasion to recall that all the resources allocated to dramaboards could have been used in the main space, and that a reignition wouldn't...

that is ignored or doesn't work, that matter goes to one of the two big dramaboards, where admins (mainly) and the rest of the community weight in. At that...

links. Points for good GA Reviews, Mentor, no bis issues on talk page, no Dramaboard edits. To summarize: You're on the right path, but it's going to take...

only one time I'm making a report on the Wikipedia:Dramaboard, and also you are on the dramaboard, so you can't expect much less. ~2025-36614-40 (talk)...

and even then it is pretty awful. Have you ever been the target of a dramaboard filing? It's total ass. jp×g🗯️ 06:18, 29 June 2026 (UTC) No but I was...

WP:DRAMABOARD that User:203.0.113.255 is screwing up the article. An admin temporarily blocks the IP address. New system: Post to the WP:DRAMABOARD that...

similar to Secretlondon's (though I'd say the bigger problem will be the dramaboard mob not reading the rules, rather than admins). WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:39...

take literally nothing else away from this, do not participate at the dramaboards (AN, ANI, etc.). Participation there is only seen as a negative at RFA...

feeling attacked and misunderstood, and also community time wasted on dramaboards, and to my knowledge the community has not reached consensus that any...

BLPPROD to solve a more serious problem, along with an Arbcom motion, dramaboard threads, and wheel war. You really don't want a repeat of the process...

Cyberpower7 (talk) 20:14, 1 November 2024 (UTC) Following a discussion at WP:DRAMABOARD, this user has been blocked for unhelpful, low-effort spamming of discussions...

interesting choice for an ostensibly brand-new editor to be hanging out at the dramaboards. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 21:18, 10 January 2024 (UTC) @SMcCandlish Did you...

pre-current (should never change) archives of the boards listed in the dramaboard archivebox series, extract the earliest and latest timestamps, truncate...

whether there is a dispute about whether there is a dispute. On to the dramaboards![Humor] -- Random person no 362478479 (talk) 23:37, 9 August 2023 (UTC)...

reflection, that's all a bit too butthurt. I really don't react well to dramaboard stuff. More moderately, I should have thought much more about what I was...

administrative tasks - and away from its current state as a catch-all dramaboard. In addition, it may also allow us to merge move and deletion reviews...

today. I probably wouldn't go bringing Davidcannon's articles up at the dramaboards since it was absolutely a different time with looser standards, but we...

feature request, Fermiboson. When it comes to e.g., finding archived dramaboard discussions when someone just drops in the default {{ANI notice}}, there's...

step if this tiresome antagonising of one another's edits pops up on the dramaboard again, but... fellas, it's annoying, all of it. BarntToust 14:51, 22 November...

01:06, 21 July 2025 (UTC) So, who's gonna block this IP as a blatant dramaboard troll? LilianaUwU (talk / contributions) 01:01, 21 July 2025 (UTC) What...

"catch" people doing things they don't like and make threats to gin up WP:DRAMAboard trouble as a punitive measure to try to get what they want.  — SMcCandlish...

by the number of templates issued or how often someone is taken to a dramaboard. We measure it by how someone is editing and interacting. By that metric...

or handwritten). All of those are preferred to the 'straight to the WP:DRAMABOARD' (that's a redirect to this page) approach. Mr rnddude (talk) 05:32, 8...

loads of extra features that make it more enjoyable, most of which are dramaboards 😉 The true "extra feature" that makes Wikipedia so great is how lightweight...

off the encyclopedia immediately, just like I wouldn't expect a full dramaboard discussion prior to mass-reverting traditional forms of vandalism. Remember...

read WP:BOOMERANG, WP:DRAMA and WP:ANI advice. There's a reason why WP:Dramaboard links to ANI. It's not necessarily a place where you're always going to...

since this topic area is under WP:CTOP. But I have little stomach for "dramaboarding".  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  12:40, 26 May 2023 (UTC) I'm going to ignore...

accurately) be "trivial"? If we mean "hang out on the dramaboards", then we should say "hang out on the dramaboards". If we mean "write a GA", then we should say...

but I feel like I must be missing something for this to show up on the dramaboards already. The diff linked in this comment is a content dispute belonging...

comments probably about a dozen times, and in all but two cases – both at dramaboards – the chatbot prose was unmistakably, blindingly obvious. Editors already...

Wikipedia's engine is 2 megabytes (2,097,152 bytes?), and the Wikipedia Dramaboard Admins' Noticeboard for Incidents regularly sees page sizes in excess...

participate in the discussion. They keep it up. The dispute ends up at the dramaboards for edit warring. Someone is bludgeoning the discussion, to the point...

the same page to still come through? Often a busy thread on AN/-I etc. dramaboards floods my watchlist for days on end, so that not only do they constantly...

including the completely unnecessary and inappropriate spillover into other dramaboards. Somebody with sufficient stripes on their sleeve should close this now...

fact that I can't recall having ever seen you on the receiving end of a dramaboard thread, Rosguill, I'd be surprised if your rate is much higher. But that's...

to go anywhere productive for either of you as it's neither block nor dramaboard worthy. I really suggest moving on from this discussion and potentially...

The people in this topic area do not edit so they can have month-long dramaboard threads. We edit because we see issues in Wikipedia's woefully inadequate...

disruptive behaviour is to bring it to WP:Arbitration Enforcement/WP:DRAMABOARD. Responding yourself with incivility is generally not acceptable. You...

the sam hill were you thinking? This probably should have gone to WP:DRAMABOARD instead. BarntToust 02:58, 7 November 2024 (UTC) This should probably...

early years). Liz Read! Talk! 04:32, 19 July 2024 (UTC) Yes I heard it is dramaboard, the 1st 2 are (persistent unsourced & sometime vandalism edits) and other...

Shakya2007 (talk) 15:58, 27 April 2026 (UTC) Welp this is known as the Dramaboard! It's a place for people who reach out to admins, so they will end up...

at this time. Oh, and props to Nil Einne for keeping the spirit of the dramaboard alive? — DVRTed (Talk) 23:28, 4 March 2026 (UTC) Please see my questions...

it's as you said, that the behavior is improving. If it does not, the dramaboard will remain for a subsequent report. EducatedRedneck (talk) 14:35, 27...

through the mud for. (Not saying that you are, Liz, just that this is a dramaboard...) Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 01:26, 6 April 2025 (UTC) Suffusion of...

I'd already seen TheSpacebook appear yet again in my watchlist on this dramaboard. While I actually agree with TheSpacebook that the image of the userbox...

experience, both for yourself and the person that you are dragging to the dramaboard. I would suggest that you only do this as an absolute last resort, and...

humor sucks, does it make me unworthy of ANI? No, because I'm on this dramaboard more often than not for legitimate concerns. Now, to be fair, unlike me...

seems you have learned that snapping at people only ends you up at the dramaboard, and it's safe to assume you'll take good conduct towards others to heart...

2023 (UTC) I think this is enough to just close this, move on from the dramaboard, and let the RM play out. No need for sanctions or right removal, since...

and would prefer to see this whole situation fade into memory. If their dramaboard antics continue to a degree that is disruptive to other editors, however...

at such a public place (a place that has informally been dubbed the "dramaboard"). The moment anyone opens a report, you can guarantee that a good half-dozen...

the basis that *any* new account complaining about HistoryofIran at a dramaboard doesn't have a case. I haven't been proved wrong yet. Black Kite (talk)...

dto convince us that you are no longer going to waste our time on the dramaboards with your conduct when editing in the subject area. If this appeal consisted...

why edit warring is wrong rather than immediately dragging them to the dramaboards. On the other hand, WP:BITE does not apply to long-established editors...

page usually has a lot of admin eyes on it I'm not concerned about the dramaboard.) —Jéské Couriano v^_^v Source assessment notes 21:06, 27 January 2024...

(most of reports to AN are about; users will still be able to attend dramaboards at their own pleasure (ANI, AE, CLRV/RFCRV, whatever). You can even theoretically...

tools to deal with it beyond dragging the editors in question to the dramaboards. Short-circuiting this with an escalating no-thanks user talk template...

about talking through issues rather than immediately escalating them to dramaboards or sanctions; I think that's advice a couple people should take to heart...

Wikipedia:VEXBYSTERANG. as someone who has more experience with the dramaboards,my advice for you is that you are best served by not trying to defend...

this thread was opened. Yet users are still piling on. This is why the dramaboards get such a bad reputation. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 04:46, 19 June 2025 (UTC)...

prevent disruption (if you aren't seeking sanctions, why take it to the dramaboard?) Part of me thinks you just want the quickfail overturned, then AE is...

have accumulated in one year. Just say no to anything involving the dramaboards. —Kusma (talk) 15:43, 27 February 2024 (UTC) Also opposed if it is AN...