Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Iraq War

This Request for Mediation has been closed. This case was closed at 04:02, 8 November 2007 (UTC) The reason given for closure was: Mediation completed successfully. Parties: If you wish to resume this mediation, please file a new request.

[edit] Iraq War

[edit] Involved parties

• Ipankonin (talk · contribs)
• WLRoss (talk · contribs)
• Rise Above the Vile (talk · contribs)
• 1of3 (talk · contribs)
• Ursasapien (talk · contribs)
• Sideshow Bob Roberts (talk · contribs)
• Dwtray2007 (talk · contribs)
• Smb (talk · contribs)

[edit] Articles involved

• Iraq War (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• 2003 invasion of Iraq (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Rationale for the Iraq War (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

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

• Discussion at Talk:Iraq War#WMDs found in Iraq.
• WP:BRD. Relevant diffs: [1][2][3][4][5][6]
• RFC was bypassed because of the number of people who have already commented.

[edit] Issues to be mediated

The party filing this request uses this section to list the issues for mediation. Other parties can list additional issues in the section below.

• Wording of lead statement about WMD's.

[edit] Additional issues to be mediated

Other parties can use this section to list any others issues they wish to include in the mediation. Please do not modify or remove any other party's listing. Please sign all additions to this section if there is more than two parties involved in this case.

• Whether the issues to be mediated should be submitted as an RFC instead withdrawn 1of3 17:22, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
• Whether chemical weapons in a degraded state ("less toxic than most things that Americans have under their kitchen sink") and produced before 1991 [7] were part of the rationale for the Iraq War
• Whether such weapons should be mentioned in the lead of the Iraq War article as having been found in Iraq
  • Above by 1of3 02:14, 12 October 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 "agree" or "disagree" and signatures should appear here; any comments will be removed. Comments can be made at the talk page.

1. Agree. -- I. Pankonin (t/c) 02:22, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
2. Agree. -- Wayne 07:30, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
3. Agree. --Rise Above The Vile 11:15, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
4. Agree. Dwtray2007 13:49, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
5. Agree. 1of3 16:32, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
6. Agree. Ursasapien (talk) 06:41, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
7. Agree. Sideshow Bob Roberts 19:26, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
8. Agree. smb 23:32, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Decision of the Mediation Committee

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Accept.

For the Mediation Committee, Daniel 11:07, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

I'll take this one if it's ok with everybody involved. --דניאל - Dantheman531 23:44, 16 October 2007 (UTC)