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[edit] Mediation Case: 2006-06-06 nostradamus

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[edit] Request Information

Request made by: Davkal 16:15, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
Where is the issue taking place?
... Nostradamus talk page
Who's involved?
... Myslef and the two main authors PL and Jim
What's going on?
... I feel the article is in breach of NPOV rules
What would you like to change about that?
... I would like the article to conform to NPOV
If you'd prefer we work discreetly, how can we reach you?
...
Would you be willing to be a mediator yourself, and accept a mediation assignment in a different case?
This is, following the Categorical Imperative, the idea that you might want to do
what you expect others to do. You don't have to, of course, that's why it's a question.
... not at present

[edit] Mediator response

This was an argument over NPOV that degenerated due to lack of civility and failure to assume good faith. The argument was complicated by the fact that the requestor did not have the technical ability to write the requested material and could only argue that it needed to be written.

The issue was resolved when one of the requestor's opponents acknowledged the need for the requested material and wrote it, satisfying the requestor's concerns.

The parties involved, Davkal, PL, and •Jim62sch• are no longer in dispute.

Ideogram 18:37, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

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