(A general notification was placed in Talk:Sea of Japan, just in case others may consider himself/herself to be an "involved party" 20:19, 12 February 2006)
(User:Deiaemeth was also notified separately, just in case he considers himself to be an "involved party" 08:09, 12 February 2006, 18:51, 12 February 2006)
I have notified all of the parties above of the mediation and am awaiting contact from 4 of the parties. Nlu and Appleby have both given me their views by email and I have commenced the mediation between these two parties. Will post more information here when other parties make contact. MyNameIsNotBob 09:48, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
Due to the current difficulty in conducting mediation, I am requesting that the parties, by consensus, appoint a spokesperson each for the mediation. This is in accordance with Wikipedia:Mediation#Disputants:
MyNameIsNotBob 08:48, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
Two of the parties in the mediation requested that the mediation not be restricted to two parties. As such, the mediation will continue with the 6 relevant parties. MyNameIsNotBob 11:42, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
In accordance with Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages, I've merged East Sea into East Sea (disambiguation). Of course, that doesn't moot the above argument, but you should keep in mind that a main page should not redirect to its attendant disambiguation page, but vice verse. BD2412 T 23:47, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
Over the past few weeks this mediation has hit the back burner on my priorities list and as such I am requesting that it be reassigned to somebody else. However, in my opinion the issue may be better dealt with by ArbCom as it raises some very difficult questions about the role of disambiguation pages. Most of the mediation took place at User:MyNameIsNotBob/East Sea. I would be more than keen though to hear about the result of this discussion. Regards. MyNameIsNotBob 02:56, 31 March 2006 (UTC)