User:Bcorr/mediation statement draft
Draft Statement
Concerning the mediation requested by the Arbitration Committee regarding User:Anthony DiPierro and a number of other users:
Although the members of the Mediation Committee have been willing to conduct a mediation and have solicited possible participants, to date no one has stepped forward to be a second party. As it has been the committee's experience that attempting to conduct a mediation discussion with only one party has not been successful, it seems best to wait until there are additional parties willing to participate. Anthony has demonstrated his willingness to mediate; but his adversaries have not. Until they do, we must consider Anthony a Wikipedian in good standing, and any comments to the contrary a demonstration of incivility.
The Mediation Committee is more than willing to mediate this case if and when anyone comes forward with specific concerns.
BCorr & sannse, Co-chairs
On behalf of the Mediation Committee
Mediation Committee opinion on the statement
Approved:
- sannse (also agree with llywrch below)
- BCorr
- llywrch
- SweetLittleFluffyThing
- Tuf-Kat
- Angela (I agree with this and with what llywrch wrote below)
- Dante Alighieri (I also agree with llywrch's comment)
- Danny 20:03, 15 May 2004 (UTC) (agree with this and llywrch's comment)
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Comments/other:
- llywrch -- I approve this statement, but since I'd like to voice an opinion, I'm posting here.
- I am reminded of the statement of countless adults as they settled fights when I was a child: "It takes two to tango!" In other words, while Anthony may not be blameless, for mediation to work, there must be 2 parties willing to participate. Anthony has demonstrated his willingness to mediate; but his adversaries have not. Until they do, we must consider Anthony as a Wikipedian in good standing, & any comments to the contrary a demonstration of incivility.
- I second that comment. SweetLittleFluffyThing
- I've added in the last two sentences of this as it seems to have general agreement. I think the other point of needing two parties for mediation is covered already. If there are no objections over the next 24 hours then I will pass this on to the arbitration committee. -- sannse (talk) 19:49, 15 May 2004 (UTC)
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