The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a successful nomination to join the Mediation Committee. Please do not modify it.

PinchasC[edit]

PinchasC (talk · contribs) I believe that many of the disputes on Wikipedia which both alienate new editors and experienced editors alike could be stopped from escalating by a third party, who could mediate the differences and help form a compromise that would both make everyone happy and be in compliance with the policies and guidelines of Wikipedia. I would therefore like to offer to use my experience editing on Wikipedia in this area. PinchasC | £€åV€ m€ å m€§§åg€ 00:04, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mediation committee:

• Support. Orane (talk • cont.) 00:26, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. —Guanaco 17:57, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 19:52, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Seems highly qualified. -^demon^{[yell at me]} 21:48, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Support; looks good. Flcelloguy (A note?) 01:01, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Ral315 (talk) 04:31, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Outside opinions:

• Support. Very reasonable editor. Jayjg ^(talk) 16:21, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Excellent candidate. Very reasonable, calm, cares about and understands policy. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 02:34, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Per reasons above - history speaks for itself. Jsw663 16:48, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

• Couple of questions. First, have you ever been involved in any on-wiki disputes? If so, how did you deal with them? The second question is more of a scenario. Let's say you were trying to mediate a conflict. Two users have been very uncivil, made personal attacks, etc, etc. One of the users, however, refuses to admit he ever did anything wrong, and was merely a victim. How would you deal with such a situation? Thanks for taking the time to look over this and respond. -^demon^{[yell at me]} 11:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(Not counting the vandals which have been in conflict with me, my User page and the rest of Wikipedia, which got welcome warnings, warnings and blocks.) Due to the areas which I edit in, there often arises differences of opinion regarding the interpretation of Judaism and its Rabbis particularly in the Chabad area. However, despite some heavy personal attacks against me, I have always resolved all issues without resorting to personal attacks or violating any of the rules of Wikipedia. Some of the users that I had difference of opinion were JFW, who later nominated me to become an administrator and Jayjg, I work together with both on improving articles in Judaism related articles where our initial disputes took place, and in the rest of Wikipedia as well, and all our differences have been resolved.

Regarding the scenario described, it would depend on many factors including whether these personal attacks are continuing thru the mediation. The determination of this would be based on WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL If they are, then it might show that this user does not have a genuine desire to find a positive solution to the dispute. If the user has stopped his personal attacks and has become civil and the mediation is to work out differences in the past, I might try focusing on the issues that caused this conflict and once the underlying issue is resolved, it is easier for the animosity between the users to go away. It could be one of the harder things in life to admit that one is wrong and therefore I believe that the mediator should not try to focus on that, but rather focus on the issues that can be more easily worked out and the rest will flow much easier. --PinchasC | £€åV€ m€ å m€§§åg€ 12:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Drinicomment: Well I think we all agree that a third party solves a lot of problems. We are aware of that. What we would like ot know, is why you think you'd be a good mediator, show us evidence how have you handled disputes, etc. -- Drini 19:31, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can't think of any particular situations where I acted as a mediator. However, in addition to what I wrote above in response to ^demon’s question, having been an administrator for a while and a editor on Wikipedia I feel that I have enough on-Wiki experience to resolve disputes which may come up, as disputes require someone that has experience with policies and guidelines of Wikipedia. --PinchasC | £€åV€ m€ å m€§§åg€ 22:09, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted. -^demon^{[yell at me]} 14:18, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The above nomination to join the Mediation Committee is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it.