Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-02-20 Georg Forster
Request for cabal mediation
Request Information
- Request made by: alx-pl D 19:16, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
- Where is the issue taking place?
- Talk:Georg Forster
- What's going on?
- There is a dispute on the attitude of Georg Forster to Poles and vice versa. Currently, there is a description in the section Georg Forster#Forster and nations that presents some of his words as insulting and based on stereotypes. Still, there is some pressure by Molobo to rephrase that as "racist" views and/or add an explicit quotation with his statements. There is an argument against this solution summarised in the 7 points at the end of the section Please answer my question Kusme and in the edits [1]
- Another dispute concerns the attitude of Poles towards Forster. Currently, I am unable to characterise properly the point of the dispute as I am a bit lost. The arguments are in the section Unsourced opinion.
- What would you like to change about that?
- I would like to achieve an encyclopedic formulation of the issues which presents Forster in the fair light.
- If you'd prefer we work discreetly, how can we reach you?
- I prefer open discussion. If you prefer to reach me in private you can email me via the Wikipedia email facility.
Comments by others
Still, there is some pressure by Molobo to rephrase that as "racist" views and/or add an explicit quotation with his statements I am not necessarily insisting on racism. But I don't see why shouldn't we give an example of statements he made, since they aren't disputed. --Molobo 19:54, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
- Oh yes, you are. You place Forster into the category of yours called "Anti-Polonism". You revert others when they try to remove it, therefore you insist on putting him into that category. The category is a subcategory of Racism. Therefore you're insisting on declaring him a racist. --Sciurinæ 20:07, 20 February 2006 (UTC)