User:DarkMatterMan4500/Don't bludgeon with the process

Bludgeoning is the process of attempting to force a point of view (or to push an accusation of misbehavior for that matter) onto others by brute or sheer force to the point where it defeats the purpose of having your points being either debunked or being marked as invalid. For the most part, you may have already made your point, so there wouldn't really be a need to keep pushing it if people already know. This type of practice can be considered inappropriate, uncivil or disruptive editing

Bludgeoning
To begin, bludgeoning is the act of attempting to manipulate or otherwise dominate a conversation in order to persuade or force others to agree with one's point of view. This usually takes place in discussions like article pages, the Stewards' noticeboard, Community noticeboard, or even user talk pages. While you or another person may have a point, the points become meaningless due to the dominating (or even demanding) behavior to a certain point that it will be less likely to be considered in terms of viewpoints. Bludgeoning behavior may include attempting to disrupt the discussion by forcing someone to agree with you.

Nobody is required to satisfy or please you
Such behavior is exceptionally inappropriate and draws the line to borderline harassment or in this case badgering. Badgering can include:
 * 1) Harassing someone into feeling bad for something they might not have done
 * 2) Capitulating someone like they are guilty of something they didn't do. This tends to backfire, leading to boomeranging consequences to the OP instead.
 * 3) Forcing someone to respond to you on either page discussions or on user talk pages. This is disruptive behavior if someone asks you to not message them, but you keep doing it until they answer you. This is a one-way ticket to you getting blocked for disruption.

What to do in a situation when you are being badgered into answering questions

 * 1) Revert, block and ignore: It's not worth getting harassed by another editor into answering their question that may not get them anywhere. If it's you who's doing it, then it's likely you'll receive some repercussions, such as being blocked for a substantial amount of time. Don't waste your time getting into an edit-war or a revert-war. If you are not an admin, please do ask an admin to block the user who is doing so.
 * 2) Deny recognition: Arguing with the user who is bludgeoning the process isn't worth it. This is especially true for users who harass others in order to get their attention. Just let the provoking user get their last rope until it gets to the point of them getting blocked.
 * 3) Drop the stick: There's really no point of trying to illustrate your point if you are going to demonstrate disruptive uses of attempting to bring up points that would otherwise be looked down upon by other editors. This is also true for other discussions that don't go anywhere.