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Cordillera Oriental[edit]

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  1. Agree. Zer0~Gravity (Roger - Out) 16:31, 8 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  2. Agree. OracleDude 19:16, 8 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee

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Reject, insufficient dispute resolution — the article requests for comment, as pointed out on the talk page, has only been running for around 48 hours and has few comments. In addition, I would suggest trying the Mediation Cabal before filing formal mediation, as they are an excellent group of mediators who may be able to resolve this problem possibly quicker than formal mediation, given the Mediation Committee is developing a slight backlog of sorts at the present time.
For the Mediation Committee, Daniel 23:15, 8 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]


University of Missouri[edit]

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  1. Agree. Grey Wanderer | Talk 00:41, 9 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee

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Reject. The Mediation Committee and requests for mediation is the second-last step in the dispute resolution chain on Wikipedia. Wikipedia:Resolving disputes lists the various types of dispute resolution available. They include:-
It is generally expected that at least one of the third party input options has been attempted, and informal mediation has been tried, before a request for mediation will be accepted. Discussion on the talk page, whilst required for any form of dispute resolution to be considered, does not fufill the requirement of 'prior dispute resolution'.
For the Mediation Committee, Daniel 05:46, 9 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]


Criticism of Christianity[edit]

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  1. Agree. Biblical1 (talk) 08:15, 9 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee

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Note: To filing party, please provide links to prior dispute resolution attempts in the "Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted" section above. As the second-last step in the dispute resolution process, requests for formal mediation will not be accepted without good-faith attempts at prior dispute resolution (including requests for comment (on articles), third opinion, surveys, and enlisting the help of the Mediation Cabal for informal mediation).
For the Mediation Committee, Daniel 09:22, 9 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Reject, insufficient dispute resolution (as noted by the failure to note it above despite active editing, as well as this comment). Furthermore, as this looks like it will possibly develop into a user conduct RfC, mediation cannot run parallel to such proceedings. In summary, this issue at this time is not suitable for mediation from the Mediation Committee.
For the Mediation Committee, Daniel 01:06, 10 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Cold fusion[edit]

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  1. Agree. Pcarbonn (talk) 17:27, 10 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  2. Agree. Ron Marshall (talk) 18:37, 10 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  3. Disagree about need for mediation, Agree if there is Admin request for such See talk. Michaelbusch (talk) 20:22, 10 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  4. Will only agree to mediation if a mediator has a degree in physics, chemistry, or related field. ScienceApologist (talk) 20:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee

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Reject, parties do not agree to mediation in the current situation (see talk: "In my opinion, mediation is unnecessary here and may be merely an attempt by Pcarbonn and perhaps Ron Marshall to draw out what they perceive as a discussion...However, if there is an Admin who wants this to go forward, we can do it" — parties must agree to mediation without influence from others, as it's entirely voluntary). Furthermore, the Committee has no way of providing specialist people with specific degrees to undertake certain cases.
For the Mediation Committee, Daniel 00:54, 11 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Israeli-Palestinian conflict[edit]

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Occupied Territories is official term used by virtually all actors in the conflict. The Israeli government uses Disputed Territories, to indicate its position that some territories cannot be called occupied as no nation had clear rights to them and there was no operative diplomatic arrangement when Israel acquired them in June 1967.* The area is also referred to as Judea and Samaria by some extreme settler groups.

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  1. Agree. Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 02:42, 19 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  2. Abstain - I haven't really been involved, beyond a bit of talk page discussion. I don't think I need to get into this. <eleland/talkedits> 03:12, 19 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  3. Disagree. --GHcool (talk) 05:11, 19 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Reject, parties do not agree to mediation, and this also would have possibly been rejected due to a lack of prior dispute resolution.
For the Mediation Committee, Daniel 07:02, 19 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]


Physical attractiveness[edit]

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  1. Agree. Loodog (talk) 01:11, 22 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  2. Disagree. Cheeser1 (talk) 01:18, 22 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Reject, parties do not agree to mediation.
For the Mediation Committee, WjBscribe 01:31, 22 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]


Palestinian people[edit]

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  1. Agree. Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 20:17, 26 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  2. Agree. <eleland/talk edits> 20:23, 26 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  3. Agree.--G-Dett (talk) 03:33, 27 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  4. Disagree. <<-armon->> (talk) 06:00, 27 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee

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Note: Formal mediation requires that prior dispute resolution have been attempted before it is accepted. This can include an article requests for comment on the subject matter, a third opinion, a Mediation Cabal case, in addition to the negotiation in discussions on the talk page. Please list what prior dispute resolutions have been attempted in the appropriate section above, thanks.
For the Mediation Committee, Daniel 01:11, 27 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Reject, parties do not agree to mediation.
For the Mediation Committee, Daniel 07:48, 27 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Satanic ritual abuse[edit]

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  1. How do we treat the very existence of SRA? All parties agree that SRA is a controversial issue, and that there are "skeptics" who believe that the phenomenon either does not exist, or is almost entirely fantasy and conflation with only the barest kernel of truth. However, is this position significant enough, based on the relevant sources, that it should hold sway over the article as a whole? In other words, should the article describe skepticism "in some quarters" and very briefly treat skeptical explanations, or should it describe the skeptical view as the view which carried the day, and provide detailed information about the skeptics' conclusions?

  2. What is the scope of this page? Does it refer strictly to those cases which were presented in the sources as "Satanic ritual abuse," or does discuss what the former SRA therapists now call "ritualistic, organized abuse," "multidimensional child sex rings," or "multi-victim, multi-perpetrator abuse?" Should it discuss cases which appear, based on the sources, to clearly meet one of the definitions of the latter terms, but are not actually described as "satanic ritual abuse" per se? Would it be appropriate to fork this page, not along POV lines, but to clearly separate the two concepts?

  3. In that vein, what is the significance of the intense popular interest in SRA dating to the late 1980s and early 1990s, especially in the United States? Is this an incidental phenomenon of little relevance to a serious discussion of SRA, is it a signficiant part of the SRA story in context, or is it in fact central to understanding the issue, and the main reason to have an article at all?

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  1. Agree. <eleland/talkedits> 21:25, 21 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  2. Agree.Itsmejudith (talk) 21:34, 21 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  3. Agree. *** Crotalus *** 00:52, 22 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  4. Agree. Daniel Santos (talk) 05:59, 22 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  5. Agree. — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 08:40, 22 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  6. Agree. Abuse truth (talk) 03:39, 26 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee

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Reject, parties did not agree to mediation within seven days.
For the Mediation Committee, Daniel 01:57, 28 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]


Bosnian Genocide[edit]

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  1. Agree. Philip Baird Shearer (talk) 17:25, 23 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  2. Agree.Osli73 (talk) 20:57, 26 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  3. Disagree. Grandy Grandy (talk) 00:09, 29 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee

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Reject, parties do not agree to mediation.
For the Mediation Committee, WjBscribe 19:32, 29 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Principality of Sealand[edit]

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  1. Agree. Onecanadasquarebishopsgate (talk) 22:19, 8 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Reject, in light of the fact this matter is presently being pursued with the Arbitration Committee (see Wikipedia:RFARB#Principality of Sealand). Mediation does not work well in parallel with Arbitration.
For the Mediation Committee, WjBscribe 00:26, 10 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

List of Pokémon (241-260)[edit]

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  1. Agree. Shakajo (talk) 04:15, 10 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  2. Disagree - this is an end-run against the consensus currently in place regarding the meme (i.e. not w/o any reliable sources). -Jéské (Blah v^_^v) 05:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee

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Reject, parties do not agree to mediation.
For the Mediation Committee, Daniel (talk) 05:54, 10 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

John F. Kennedy[edit]

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I am the eyewitness, is there no room for testimony?

I've tried to make several other edits, but most of the time, someone who was not there and had absolutely nothing to do with it, has called what I said into question. If I proposed original legislation, or came up with the story for a movie, surely I can rectify errors, or at least have my words available to serious scholars.

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  1. Agree. TogetherinParis (talk) 01:28, 14 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Reject, please don't waste our time. You added content to an article that was at best silly, at worst libelous, and were rightly reverted. Even were that not the case, you haven't even discussed it with the other party or on the article's talkpage - parties are asked to make effort to resolve the dispute before filing for formal mediation.
For the Mediation Committee, WjBscribe 05:38, 14 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

julius iii[edit]

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  1. Agree. Contaldo80 (talk) 09:11, 15 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Reject, failure to provide details.
For the Mediation Committee, Daniel (talk) 07:22, 17 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]