Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Consensus (section)

====Administrative or community intervention====
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In some cases, disputes are personal or ideological rather than mere disagreements about content, and these may require the intervention of administrators or the community as a whole. Sysops will not rule on content, but may intervene to enforce policy (such as [[WP:Biographies of living persons]]) or to impose sanctions on editors who are disrupting the consensus process. Sometimes merely asking for an administrator's attention on a talk page will suffice; as a rule, sysops have large numbers of pages watchlisted, and there is a likelihood that someone will see it and respond. However, there are established resources for working with intransigent editors, as follows:

; Noticeboards
: As noted previously, policy pages generally have noticeboards, and many administrators watch them.
; [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents|Administrators' noticeboard of incidents]] and general [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard|Administrators' noticeboard]]
: These are noticeboards for administrators. They are high-volume noticeboards and should be used sparingly. Use AN for issues that need eyes but may not need immediate action; use ANI for more pressing issues. Do not use either except at need.
; [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration|Requests for arbitration]]
: The final step for intractable disputes. The [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]] (ArbCom) may rule on almost any behavioral or policy-interpretation aspect of a dispute, and has broad powers in its decisions. ArbCom does not settle [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution#Resolving content disputes|content disputes]] or change policy.