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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 5592129" data-attributes="member: 32740">Firstly, insofar as THIS forum is concerned, an edition war is what and when the moderators say it is.&nbsp; In the other thread a mod has already posted a clear and reasonable definition.Generally an expression of opinion or exercise of comparison/contrast of editions becomes an edition war when opinion is treated as fact or inarguable position, either by the person expressing it or by someone reading/responding to it.&nbsp; When someone gives an inaccurate statement about an edition, or even makes an inflammatory expression of opinion, someone else chooses to cease discussing the topic and instead begins to make personal attacks.&nbsp; That's where it becomes edition war rather than edition discussion.The silly part is that this means there is no reason for edition warring to happen.&nbsp; Every insulting thing said or implied about a given edition can AND SHOULD BE read and treated as mere opinion.&nbsp; In particular, in a thread where opinions are ASKED FOR, even opinions you might consider ignorant or insulting go with the territory and you have no business taking offense and denigrating an individual for their opinion (which was invited), or for making errors of fact.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 5592129, member: 32740"] Firstly, insofar as THIS forum is concerned, an edition war is what and when the moderators say it is. In the other thread a mod has already posted a clear and reasonable definition. Generally an expression of opinion or exercise of comparison/contrast of editions becomes an edition war when opinion is treated as fact or inarguable position, either by the person expressing it or by someone reading/responding to it. When someone gives an inaccurate statement about an edition, or even makes an inflammatory expression of [I]opinion[/I], someone else chooses to cease discussing the topic and instead begins to make personal attacks. That's where it becomes edition war rather than edition discussion. The silly part is that this means there is no reason for edition warring to happen. Every insulting thing said or implied about a given edition can AND SHOULD BE read and treated as mere opinion. In particular, in a thread where opinions are ASKED FOR, even opinions you might consider ignorant or insulting go with the territory and you have no business taking offense and denigrating an [I]individual [/I]for their opinion (which was invited), or for making errors of fact. [/QUOTE]

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