Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Race and intelligence

This Request for Mediation has been closed. This case was closed at 07:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC) The reason given for closure was: Inactivity Parties: If you wish to resume this mediation, please file a new request.

[edit] Race and intelligenc

[edit] Involved parties

• WD RIK NEW (talk · contribs)
• JereKrischel (talk · contribs)
• futurebird (talk · contribs)
• Kevin Murray (talk · contribs)
• JJJamal (talk · contribs)
• Ramdrake (talk · contribs)
• Ultramarine (talk · contribs)

[edit] Articles involved

• Race and intelligence
• Race and intelligence (history)
• Race and intelligence research
• Race and intelligence (test data)
• Race and intelligence (explanations)
• Race and intelligence (interpretations)
• Race and intelligence (media portrayal)
• Race and intelligence (Controversies)
• Race and intelligence (utility of research)
• Race and intelligence (potential for bias)
• Race and intelligence (References)

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

• Talk:Race_and_intelligence#RFC_test_case:_the_first_sentence an RFC
• Talk:Race_and_intelligence#A_second_attempt_to_move_ahead informal mediation
• Wikipedia:AMA Requests for Assistance/Requests/January 2007/Futurebird

[edit] Issues to be mediated

• What should the organization of the main article be?
• What should the organization structure/relationships of the many articles be? talk-page example
• What should be done with the large table that was in Race and intelligence (explanations)? see table in this archived page talk-page example
• What should be done with this section?
• In what article does the survey of academic opinions regarding the cause of the black-white gap belong? talk-page example
• What should the lead image be? talk-page example
• What should the title, lead content, and organizational placement of Race and intelligence (interpretations) be?
• Should the content of nav-boxes be limited to "Race and intelligence" prefixed articles?
• Is this section policy compliant with NOR?
• What should be done with the special reference system currently in use in many parts of the article series? Put another way, what reference system should be used?

[edit] Additional issues to be mediated

• Is this section policy compliant with NOR?
• Is this section policy compliant with WP:NPOV#Undue weight?
• Reverting the page over the objections of others resulting in lost information. (Talk page link)
• Should this remain as one article (as at 2-11-07) or be divided into many subarticles (as at 2-17-07)
• Should this article focus on US based racial animosity or be limited to scientific research in this field, with notations to the former
• Incivility by Kevin Murray, refusal to apologize, posting usertalk page comments on article talk page.
• Does the current article rely too heavily on the acceptation of the two "controversial assumptions" described in the current intro? Should the consequences of not accepting either or both assumptions be spelled out right at the beginning?

[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. W.R.N.
2. Agree. Ramdrake 22:02, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
3. Agree. futurebird 18:50, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
4. Agree. --Kevin Murray 20:16, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
5. Agree. JJJamal 20:27, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
6. Agree. --JereKrischel 21:45, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
7. Agree. --Ultramarine 23:00, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Decision of the Mediation Committee

• Accept:

For the Mediation Committee, Shyam ^(T/C) 06:20, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Due to private request, I will take this one. I'll post a few comments on the talk page, where mediation will proceed. KillerChihuahua^?!? 17:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)