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Bubblegum[edit]

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Bubblegum

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User of British versus Standard American English in article Bubblegum. Edit warring by User: Bart133 and ineffective consensus participation.

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  1. Agree. MigraineNonElation (talk) 03:05, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Misuse of Template:Sockpuppeteer[edit]

Involved parties

  1. Bogorm (talk · contribs), filing party
  2. Toddst1 (talk · contribs)

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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.

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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 are more than two parties involved in this case.

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, but can be made at the talk page.
  1. Agree. Bogorm (talk) 08:25, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Decline Toddst1 (talk) 13:01, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee

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Reject. Both parties do not agree to mediation. I am also not convinced that this is an appropriate dispute for formal mediation given that there remain many reasonable steps which could been taken to try and resolve the dispute.
For the Mediation Committee, WJBscribe (talk) 18:46, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pioneer Courthouse Square[edit]

Involved parties

  1. beenturns21 (talk · contribs), filing party
  2. Barek (talk · contribs)
  3. Katr67 (talk · contribs)
  4. EncMstr (talk · contribs)
  5. Iridescent (talk · contribs)
  6. Bonadea (talk · contribs)
  7. Makaristos (talk · contribs)

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I and others fine editors have attempted to discuss on the talk page and have also personally reached out to editors and admins. However, they refuse to respond and continually revert edits that are arguably appropriate.

Issues to be mediated

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The article should reference the homeless bums in pioneer courthouse square. It is a fact that they are there. Nonetheless, admins and other unscrupulous people are attempting to scrub the page clean so there is no mention of homeless bums. It is important to mention these facts in the article. But this is censorship.

Instead of discussing the issue and trying to resolve it (as apparently I and several other users have attempted) unscrupulous editors just revert to the previous version and they have attempted to delete the entire talk page and archive it even though the discussion is fully relevant now and there are apparently users who disagree with the unscrupulous deleting of information about homeless bums. Horrendous admins have also semi-protected the page for no reason. I am willing to mediate this issue and discuss it with them. But they seem unwilling.

I would like to make them understand that they are violating the rules of Wikipedia and should allow fully appropriate edits to stand.

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The rudeness that has been shown by the unscrupulous editors

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, but can be made at the talk page.
  1. Agree. Beenturns21 (talk) 17:52, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Disagree. Katr67 (talk) 18:47, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Disagree. Makaristos (talk) 23:50, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Orthodox Education[edit]

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Issues to be mediated

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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 are more than two parties involved in this case.

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, but can be made at the talk page.
  1. Agree. Gubernatoria (talk) 17:21, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Medical degree[edit]

Involved parties

  1. Fr33kman (talk · contribs), filing party & third opinion volunteer[not a disputing party]
  2. Jwri7474 (talk · contribs)
  3. Naturstud (talk · contribs)

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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.


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 are more than two parties involved in this case.

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, but can be made at the talk page.
  1. Agree. fr33kman -s- 19:31, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Agree. Jwri7474 (talk) 23:09, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Agree. Naturstud (talk) 21:46, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee

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No problems for the rejection. I am part of MEDCAB also, so it may not be the best place. Perhaps I'll suggest an article RFC to the participants. fr33kman -s- 22:31, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Darren Meade (bodybuilder)[edit]

Involved parties

  1. Samantha Decanta (talk · contribs)
  2. Example (talk · contribs)

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Template <nowiki>-ed: that template, and the article "Darren Meade bodybuilder", does not seem to exist. AGK 23:32, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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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.

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 are more than two parties involved in this case.

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, but can be made at the talk page.
  1. Agree. Samantha Decanta

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Joe the Plumber[edit]

Involved parties

  1. Inclusionist (talk · contribs), filing party
  2. Victorcoutin (talk · contribs)
  3. TheRedPenOfDoom (talk · contribs)
  4. Theresa Knott (talk · contribs)
  5. Mattnad (talk · contribs)
  6. Amwestover (talk · contribs)
  7. JoshuaZ (talk · contribs)
  8. Erxnmedia (talk · contribs)
  9. VasileGaburici (talk · contribs)
  10. Victorcoutin (talk · contribs)
  11. Stifle (talk · contribs)
  12. Orangemike (talk · contribs)

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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.

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 are more than two parties involved in this case.

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, but can be made at the talk page.
  1. Agree. Inclusionist (talk) 02:04, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Agree. Erxnmedia (talk) 04:33, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Agree. VictorC (talk) 04:52, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Reject (see talk page). VG ☎ 09:19, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Nolo contendere; I don't have any problem with mediation but will not be active enough in the next couple of weeks to take part in any serious way. Stifle (talk) 09:49, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Reject (per Talk) Collect (talk) 13:20, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee

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Comment: A twelve hour window? That's kinda expedited. New messages on my talk page this morning included both the request and the refusal. --Amwestover (talk) 17:42, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Agreed. I could be mistaken about this, but my message said there was seven days to respond? --VictorC (talk) 17:46, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not quite. The case will remain open for a maximum of seven days in so long as there is no party opposition; as soon as a party indicates he or she is unwilling to participate in the Mediation, the Committee's procedure is to reject the case at that point. Of course, we also reject if all parties have failed to agree within seven days (even if there has been no disagreement). I'm sorry if this is a disappointment; you are welcome to discuss the matter amongst yourselves, and perhaps discuss with the dissenting parties their rationale for not agreeing—with a view to refiling the case at a later date. AGK 17:50, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the clarification. --Amwestover (talk) 19:07, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Aspartame controversy[edit]

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  1. Twoggle (talk · contribs), filing party
  2. ScienceApologist (talk · contribs)
  3. Fyslee (talk · contribs)

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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, but can be made at the talk page.
  1. Agree. Twoggle (talk) 18:48, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Disagree. User:Twoggle should be banned from editing this article as a problematic singe-purpose account. ScienceApologist (talk) 09:48, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee

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Reject. Not all parties agree to mediation.
For the Mediation Committee, WJBscribe (talk) 06:59, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

John McCain presidential campaign, 2008[edit]

Involved parties

  1. FangedFaerie (talk · contribs), filing party
  2. Commodore Sloat (talk · contribs)
  3. Wasted Time R (talk · contribs)
  4. Zsero (talk · contribs)
  5. Enigmaman (talk · contribs)
  6. Amwestover (talk · contribs)
  7. Sssoul (talk · contribs)
  8. AzureFury (talk · contribs)
  9. Scjessey (talk · contribs)
  10. The Magnificent Clean-keeper (talk · contribs)
  11. DigitalNinja (talk · contribs)
  12. Anarchangel (talk · contribs)
  13. Shenme (talk · contribs)
  14. Jackelfive (talk · contribs)
  15. Writegeist (talk · contribs)

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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.

Parties' agreement to mediation

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, but can be made at the talk page.
(Recently erased comments (on comments that shouldn't be here either, as stated in this paragraph) can be found at the talk page in the Comments from "Parties' agreement to mediation" section. Please refrain from filling up this page with further misplaced edits. Thanks.--The Magnificent Clean-keeper (talk) 22:39, 7 November 2008 (UTC))[reply]
  1. Agree. Regards. FangedFaerie (Talk | Edits) 06:07, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Agree. Zsero (talk) 06:51, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Agree. (all i did was respond to the RfC as a noninvolved party, but if mediation is needed, go for it!) Sssoul (talk) 07:16, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Agree. I was swept into this argument by accident but would be happy to see an end result. Jackelfive(talk) 07:32, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Agree, but why is mediation necessary? My impression was that the RfC was working. csloat (talk) 09:17, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Agree. -- Scjessey (talk) 14:19, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Agree. I dropped out of this issue early, after I saw it was becoming a huge edit war. Wasted Time R (talk) 14:21, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Disagree. (see talk)... DigitalNinja 14:37, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Agree. Sure, why not.--The Magnificent Clean-keeper (talk) 14:51, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Agree. Enigma message 15:24, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Disagree per DigitalNinja's reasons on the talk page. I also feel policy is clear on the matter. AzureFury (talk | contribs) 17:58, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Disagree. Good faith has not been demonstrated by several involved parties, therefore mediation will be useless. --Amwestover (talk|contrib) 20:26, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee

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Reject. Not all parties agree to mediation.
For the Mediation Committee, Seddσn talk Editor Review 00:23, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Glasnost[edit]

Involved parties

  1. Atdm (talk · contribs), filing party
  2. Example (talk · contribs)

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If I am doing something wrong, I need a clear explanation on what mistakes were made... Otherwise it appears that some authors of wikipedia have a complete monopoly on contents of the articles, not allowing any edits (in my case, actually, additions).

Please, help

In your user talk page User talk:Atdm you were given a list of the major wikipedia policies related to addition of content: Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:No original research, WP:CITE. It seems that you are ignoring the advice to read them. Until you confirm that you read the rules it is unclear what kind of help you need. `'Míkka>t 17:14, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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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, but can be made at the talk page.
  1. Agree. ATDM 13:54, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

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