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PinchasC (talk · contribs) I believe that many of the disputes on Misplaced Pages 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 guidlines of Misplaced Pages. I would therefore like to offer to use my experience editing on Misplaced Pages in this area. PinchasC | £€åV€ m€ å m€§§åg€ 00:04, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Mediation committee:
Outside opinions:
- Support. Very reasonable editor. Jayjg 16:21, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
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 11:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- (Not counting the vandals which have been in conflict with me, my User page and the rest of Misplaced Pages, 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 Misplaced Pages. 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 Misplaced Pages 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)
- Can you show some examples where you've acted as an informal mediator?Fluffy the Cotton Fish 20:41, 2 August 2006 (UTC)