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Requests for Mediation is the second step in formal dispute resolution on Wikipedia. Mediation is carried out by members of the Mediation Committee; mediation is a formal but voluntary process to assist individuals in developing a mutual agreement to resolve a dispute. Mediation does not provide binding resolution to disputes; mediators can not, do not, and will not issue rulings on disputes.

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Before requesting formal mediation, parties should have made an attempt at some form of informal resolution; disputes that have not attempted informal resolution may be rejected with the direction to attempt informal resolution. Parties may find Requests for Comment or the Mediation Cabal useful steps prior to formal mediation. Disputes that cannot be resolved through mediation, or where the parties are unwilling to take part in voluntary dispute resolution, may be referred to the Arbitration Committee for binding resolution, including sanctions.

The Mediation Committee considers requests to open new cases only where all parties to the dispute indicate willingness to take part in mediation; parties are given seven days from the time of the initial request to indicate their participation. The Mediation Committee has adopted a strict format for all requests, and enforces it without exception. Requests that ignore or otherwise fail to follow the format are rejected regardless of the request's merit. The procedure for accepting requests is outlined in the Guide to filing a Request for Mediation.

Preliminary acceptance of a case by the Mediation Committee is an indication that all the requirements for mediation have been met and that all parties have indicated agreement. Cases are not assigned to mediators; each mediator is granted free reign to mediate cases at his or her discretion. Acceptance of a request by the Committee does not guarantee that a mediator will agree to mediate the dispute. Parties are expected to watchlist the case page and follow any developments; it is the responsibility of the parties to follow the progress of the mediation.

Requests for Mediation is not an appropriate venue for debating the merits of a given request; the purpose of Requests for Mediation is to identify disputes requiring mediation and indicate the fulfillment of all prerequisites to acceptance. Parties are prohibited from debating in this forum; statements that cannot be presented in the form of unbiased bullet points will be summarily removed or refactored by a member of the Committee. Non-committee members may not remove anything from this page or accept/reject cases; this may only be done by members of the Mediation Committee.

Mediation tasks  (edit) (changes)
Unassigned
Goguryeo 19 March 2007
Harlem 28 March 2007
Assigned
Karate Daniel.Bryant (talk)
World War II Stevertigo (talk)
Frank R. Wallace Martinp23 (talk)
White people Stevertigo (talk)
Firestone 2 Stevertigo (talk)
Significance of Jerusalem Stevertigo (talk)
Ascended master PinchasC (talk)
Geostrategy JCO312 (talk)
Kriss Donald KillerChihuahua (talk)
Race and intelligence KillerChihuahua (talk)
Dedicated video game consoles Danielrocks123 (talk)
WikiProject Psychedelics Xyrael (talk)
On Hold
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Xyrael (talk)
Falun Gong Armedblowfish (talk)


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[edit] Instructions

All requests must be created using the inputbox below,
and must utilize the preloaded template without exception!
  • Please read all the instructions before attempting to file a request.
  • If you have questions about how to file a request, please feel free to ask the Committee chair.
  • You must:
  • Add the text {{RFMF|Case Page Name|~~~~~}} to the top of the talk page of all involved articles. "Case Page Name" should be the same name you put in the box below.
  • Add the text {{RFM-Request|Case Page Name}} to the talk page of all involved parties. "Case Page Name" should be the same name you put in the box below.
  • Watchlist the request page; if additional information is required, you will be asked there, and expected to respond within the 7 day period.
  • You must not:
  • Attempt to hold a debate on this page. Discussions take place after acceptance, not before: There is no need for, desire to read, or acceptance of lengthy debates on the merit of mediation. If you wish to debate on whether to mediate, do it on the article's talk page, not here.
  • Move or remove any content on the mediation pages under any circumstances. Content removal is restricted to members of the Mediation Committee.
All parties must sign the request within 7 days or the case will be rejected.

To file a request:
Cases are created on subpages of this page. To do so, insert the name of the article (the main article, not twelve different articles or the names of the parties) in the box below (do not remove the text in the box, add to the end only) and click "File request." You will be taken to a page where you can fill out the request; be careful not to change the format of the text.


[edit] New Requests

New requests are listed in this section automatically by MediationBot1.
Do not ever list your case by hand. Instead, use the Mediation request box above. Do not make other, even trivial, changes to this page, or you will break the case management bot.

[edit] Category:Kurdistan

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Filed: 22:22, March 23, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Involved parties

[edit] Articles involved

[edit] Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted:

[edit] Issues to be mediated

  • Categorization of articles with Category:Kurdistan and its sub categories


[edit] Parties' agreement to mediate

All parties should sign below, indicating that they agree to mediate the issue. If any party fails to sign, or if a party indicates they do not agree, then the mediation will be rejected. Only signatures and "agree" or "disagree" should appear here; any comments will be removed.
  1. Agree.-- Cat chi? 22:29, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
  2. Sure, why not. Khoikhoi 04:26, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
  3. Agree. Bertilvidet 11:27, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Decision of the Mediation Committee

A member of the Mediation Committee will indicate acceptance/rejection/other relevant notes in this section. Non-mediators should not edit this section.


[edit] Mudaliar

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Filed: 03:07, March 27, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mudaliar

[edit] Involved parties

Venki 03:09, 27 March 2007 (UTC) Venki 03:19, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Articles involved

[edit] Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mudaliar - many attempts at resolution over 4 months. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sengunthar

[edit] Issues to be mediated

  • In article, Mudaliar which is a title used by many grousps, group Sengunthar is being slandered against while groups like Kondai Katti Vellala are being deleted.
  • In articles, Sengunthar , Sengundhar, kaikolar, Kaikolan, the group Sengunthar is being slandered and vandalized by User:mudaliar and his socks. A check user has revealed that he is using socks for over a period of 4 months. These 4 are exact identical articles and need to be merged. [1]
  • In article, Devadasi, slandering of Sengunthar is happening. It is being falsely claimed that Sengunthar / Kaikolar are the origin of all devadasis throught India, when infact the name of the group is called Isai Vellala, who had been using Kaikolar name for hiding their origin as Vellala. This editing started only after the revert wars in article Mudaliar proving that the edits are maliciously motivated.

[edit] Additional issues to be mediated

  • Additional issue 1
  • Additional issue 2

[edit] Parties' agreement to mediate

All parties should sign below, indicating that they agree to mediate the issue. If any party fails to sign, or if a party indicates they do not agree, then the mediation will be rejected. Only signatures and "agree" or "disagree" should appear here; any comments will be removed.
  1. Agree Venki 03:07, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Decision of the Mediation Committee

A member of the Mediation Committee will indicate acceptance/rejection/other relevant notes in this section. Non-mediators should not edit this section.


[edit] Nazism

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Filed: 20:08, March 27, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Involved parties

[edit] Articles involved

[edit] Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted:

This is a contentious debate that has rolled across many pages for many months. No matter how many times these issues are thoroughly discussed and temporarily resolved by a majority of editors, after a few weeks the issues returns with text being inserted that opens up the debate once again.

Here are two recent suveys: Talk:Nazism#Survey, and Talk:Nazism#Survey:_redirecting_National_Socialism.

Here is the debate from 2004: Talk:Socialism/Socialism_and_Nazism

More: Talk:Fascism#Response_to_RFC:, Talk:Fascism/Archive_17, Talk:Fascism/Archive_13#The_.22fascism_is_socialism_brigade.22, Talk:The_New_Deal_and_corporatism#Original_research

[edit] Issues to be mediated

  • Should the libertarian/Austrian School analysis of national socialism, Nazism, and Fascism as forms of "collectivism" and thus related to all forms of socialism (and even the New Deal of Roosevelt) be considered not marginal but so important and major a school of scholarship as to be placed in various entry leads and occupy a relatively major part of various entries?
  • Is anyone who publishes a book or article on fascism, nazism, or collectivism to be considered a major scholar on the subject, or is it appropriate for a majority of editors active on a page to agree on which scholars are considered the leading scholars and highlight their views over more marginal views?

[edit] Additional issues to be mediated

  • Do the majority of major scholars of fascism consider fascism a "far-right" form or usually allied with the political far right?
  • Do the majority of major scholars of Nazism consider Nazism a representative form of socialism?
  • Should National Socialism redirect to Nazism or National Socialism (disambiguation)?

[edit] Note about Parties (below)

It is possible that some of the editors listed are away from their keyboard, or will disagree. Other editors have indicated that they might opt themselves into this mediation. PLEASE leave this page active for a full seven days, since at least two of us on different sides of this dispute want to move forward. Thnaks for being flexible. --Cberlet 20:42, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Parties' agreement to mediate

All parties should sign below, indicating that they agree to mediate the issue. If any party fails to sign, or if a party indicates they do not agree, then the mediation will be rejected. Only signatures and "agree" or "disagree" should appear here; any comments will be removed.
  1. Agree. -- Vision Thing -- 20:29, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  2. Agree. --Cberlet 20:30, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  3. Agree. Billy Ego 23:48, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  4. Agree. Tazmaniacs 15:13, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
  5. Agree. DickClarkMises 19:09, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Decision of the Mediation Committee

A member of the Mediation Committee will indicate acceptance/rejection/other relevant notes in this section. Non-mediators should not edit this section.



[edit] Rejected requests

[edit] List of male performers in gay porn films

  • Rejected 22 March 2007

[edit] Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

  • Rejected 23 March 2007

[edit] List of countries by military expenditures

  • Rejected 25 March 2007
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