Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Jean-Thierry Boisseau/Proposed decision

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The /Proposed Decision contains a proposed finding of fact stating that "[t]he issue of gender bias in the selection of lists of opera composers was vigorously raised by Jean-Thierry Boisseau, 'it would seem to me to be quite clear that an sexist agenda at work here.'" On /Workshop, it was noted that this wording was unclear in that it could be interpreted as a finding that gender bias in the selection actually exists, as opposed to that J.-T. Boisseau made an allegation that it existed. At least one of the involved editors considered the existing wording offensive, suggesting that there is a genuine ambiguity. Alternative wording was suggested to clarify the intent and I suggest that it be substituted here. Newyorkbrad 19:03, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Seconded. It was a vague allegation. No hard evidence was ever presented to substantiate such a claim.--Folantin 20:13, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

As the arbiter-author has pointed out to me, the wording has been changed by adding "claiming" - still not quite the wording I would use, but I believe it's now more clear that the decision is citing a claim that was made by a user rather than endorsing it. Newyorkbrad 00:49, 17 November 2006 (UTC)