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)
 * Thank you, mediators and mediatee(s) alike. Mediation is much harder than arbitration, and I'm proud to be associated with Wikipedians of this caliber! --Uncle Ed 12:12, 17 May 2004 (UTC)

Not Approved:

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)


 * Nod. ant

I've put this at Requests for arbitration/Anthony DiPierro, Requests for mediation and User talk:Anthony DiPierro. If anyone thinks it should go elsewhere too, let me know. -- sannse (talk) 21:05, 16 May 2004 (UTC)


 * Thanks for taking care of the this everybody! -- BCorr | &#1041;&#1088;&#1072;&#1081;&#1077;&#1085; 18:35, May 17, 2004 (UTC)

Mediation Committee approval of BCorr & sannse as co-chairs
Approved:
 * sannse
 * BCorr
 * SweetLittleFluffyThing
 * Angela
 * Dante Alighieri
 * llywrch
 * Danny
 * Uncle Ed

Not Approved:

Comments/other:

I'm really glad that Bcorr and sannse have stepped up to take responsibility for the Mediation Committee. --Uncle Ed 12:06, 17 May 2004 (UTC)