Wikipedia:Mediation Committee/Nominations/RogueNinja

The following discussion is preserved as an archive of an unsuccessful nomination to join the Mediation Committee. Please do not modify it.

[edit] User:RogueNinja

RogueNinja (talk · contribs) I would like to become more active in non-editing duties in Wikipedia. I have concentrated my edits mostly on Martial Arts, along with some science and medicine articles. I recently (this morning) asked for a mediation, which is how I discovered that this is not a sub-committee of ArbCom. I understand completely if you would like me to have more edits on more articles, but I feel that I have enough wiki experience to help mediate disputes. RogueNinja 02:42, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Mediation committee:

• Abstain, as I am currently mediating a dispute which involves you as a representative of this Committee and it would be inproper for me to vote either way. However, (Changing to weak oppose, purely because you have no prior experience in mediating, which is a requirement to get my support in 95% of cases (including this one). Daniel Bryant 23:07, 31 March 2007 (UTC)); although you seem like an able candidate in the future, the Mediation Committee is the final level of Mediation (voluntary resolution, prior to forced arbitration), and I suspect most MC members will oppose you because you have not had any experience in helping out with solving disputes at a "lower" level (eg. WP:MEDCAB, WP:AMA, WP:3O). The MedCom tends to deal with the disputes that aren't suited to these places, primarily because they deal with more difficult issues. Can I make a friendly suggestion that you withdraw this, help out with the MedCab (in particular - it's where most of the MC members come from), and then if you are still interested in dealing with the high-level disputes after you've "wet your feet" in the slightly-easier ones, reapply here? Oh, by the way, although I dissent the notion, some of the Mediation Committee members would also prefer members to have been elected an administrator through community consensus; because you aren't (which is fine, in my opinion), the prior experience is probably more vital. Cheers, and I hope my guidance is helpful (as well as my mediating at Karate! :D), Daniel Bryant 08:09, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

  PS: The MedCom isn't a subcommittee of ArbCom, by the way; although it is the next level down the dispute resolution chain, we have no formal ties to them whatsoever. Just a handy note :) Daniel Bryant 08:10, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

  I realize that, but until I actually looked at mediation, I did not know that. If I am rejected, I guess I will try my hand at the lower levels of mediation first I guess. RogueNinja 06:06, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

• Weak oppose - I agree with Daniel that it would be great for you to get more dispute resolution experience before joining MedCom. Take a look at WP:30, WP:ASSIST, WP:AMA and WP:MEDCAB - good luck :) Martinp23 16:35, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Outside opinions:

Comments:

• I dont mean to be rude, but from what ive seen in the archives, most nominations dont take quite so long. Am I expected to canvass the medcom members? RogueNinja_talk 15:11, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Normally mediation nominations last one month. I'll ping the MedCom mailing list, anyways. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 05:46, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Declined per two oppose rule

For the Mediation Committee, ^demon^{[omg plz]} 03:14, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

The above nomination to join the Mediation Committee is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it.