Anthony cfc (talk · contribs) This statement was revised at 01:11 05 March 2007 (GMT) to incorporate the response to Ral315.
Around two months ago, I listed a request here but was turned down. However, I believe that having now successfully mediated a RfM, current/emeriti mediators may have a different view of my abilities.
I am extremely active for the Mediation Cabal, and I also do some AMA work on lighted disputes. I have around a 10:1 success rate for MedCabal cases; my current Mediation cases can be viewed here. However, I wish to concentrate on my recent Request for Mediation, in which I acted on behalf of a MedCom member to demonstrate my abilities. At the time, the case had not given me a chance to demonstrate my skills and unfortunately did not influence my first nomination in a positive manner. This time around, I believe that the Committee has the capacity to view me in a different manner.
The case I mediated was on the article Jews for Jesus, and took place here. The case had previously been attempted by a current member, but the dispute resolution failed. I believe this speaks wonders for my abilities. At the opening of the mediation, I incorporated organisation into the case page from the very start: the first edit I made was an infobox at the top (with an attention-attracting icon) explaining the need for civility, as well as guildelines for the page, and why I thought them necessary for a sucessful resolution. In summary, I enacted one of the key points of a mediator: to create and uphold a neutral venue for discussion between disputing editors through continious reinforcement of organisation, verbal statements on the need for civility, and at times cautions on the need to follow WP:CIVIL. I also maintained a readable page, through continious splitting of discussion into relevantly titled subsection, linking the headlines and, later, archiving the case page when necessary.
The key feature that made my case a success was my setting up of an easy-to-use system for editors to submit edits they wished to implement into the article: a two-teir header was created titled "Requested Implementations", and editors submitted three-teir headers underneath entitled "Compromise 1, 2, etc..". They then quoted the edit, linked to policy and the others objected to or agreed with the edit. When concensus was reached on an edit, I implemented it to the article, noted this on the subsection and archived.
In summary, this clearly demonstrates my abilities to formally mediate, and the fact that I went above and beyond the call of duty by awarding each user a barnstar, and setting up friendships between them, is simply an added bonus to my DR abilities. Of course the case wasn't without upsets - at one point, early on, I was completely falsely accused of being bias - absolutely untrue, of course, and it was soon found out to be so.
I also drew up a Mediation Policy to outline my approach to MedCabal (and thus applicaple to MedCom) cases. This case - which was an amazing success - coupled with my continious, long-standing membership with the informal mediation group, the MedCabal, shows I am very able to be a continual member of this organisation.
However, concerns have been raised over my recent RfA - may I point out Mediation Committee nominations are not a RfA..the nominations page header states so. Regardless, I feel I must justify errors in previous months.
There is no question about it – in previous months, I appeared power-hungry, and to an extent I was. Might I here point out that I have since eliminated all nominations from my mind - Adminship, etc.. - to concentrate on being permitted to formally mediate cases alongside a group of Wikipedians who I each hold in the highest respect, for one reason or another.
I now entrust the emerti and current mediators to analyse the above statement, and draw from it what I see as the correct conclusion - I have the sufficient aptitude to act as an impartial and neutral mediator in all of the cases I would mediate should I be permitted promotion, and be trusted and relied upon to keep the WP:RFM page backlog-free, and expand and update MedCom in partnership with an ever-expanding Wiki; and ever increasing means an every-rising amount of disputes.
anthonycfc [talk] 01:34, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Declined per 2 oppose rule ^demon[omg plz] 22:40, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]