Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Firestone 2

This Request for Mediation has been closed. This case was closed at 09:24, 25 April 2007 (UTC) The reason given for closure was: Successful Parties: If you wish to resume this mediation, please file a new request.

[edit] Firestone Tire and Rubber Company2.0

[edit] Involved parties

• travb (talk · contribs)
• Mobile 01 (talk · contribs)
• RebelAt (talk · contribs)
• Fairness And Accuracy For All (talk · contribs)
• Bobblehead (talk · contribs)
• Morton_devonshire (talk · contribs)
• Cls14 (talk · contribs)

[edit] Articles involved

• Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
• Bridgestone
• Firestone Liberian controversy

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

• WP:Third opinion [1]
• Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Bridgestone_and_Firestone
• Conversation on Firestone
• Merge discussion on Bridgestone talk page
• Merge discussion on Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
• Discusion underway with several of the editors mentioned above on the Firestone talk page. Sand Box article set up to address POV issues and Generally tidy and improve a messy article.

[edit] Issues to be mediated

• Is Bridgestone now the same company as Firestone?
  • Should the Firestone page be merged into the Bridgestone page?
  • Should the 1900-1988 History of Firestone in USA be Merged into the history of Bridgestone Corporation Japan.
• Should the Firestone Liberian controversy remain in the main article or be split?
  • Does the Liberian Workers Claim against Firestone deserve to have it's own expanded article.
  • Is it sufficient to paragraph the Liberian issue in the Firestone article and reference out to the split.
• What is a NPOV source?

[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. Travb (talk) 06:10, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
2. Agree. Mobile 01^Talk 07:02, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
3. Agree. Cls14 11:02, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
4. Agree.  MortonDevonshire  Yo  · 00:12, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
5. Agree. ~ (The Rebel At) ~ 22:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
6. Agree. --Bobblehead 20:44, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
7. Agree - FAAFA 00:46, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Decision of the Mediation Committee

• Accept:

For the Mediation Committee, Shyam ^(T/C) 07:03, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

• Ill take it. -Ste|vertigo