User:Lightdarkness/MediationBotTest

 = New Requests = '''New requests should be listed at the top of this section, right below this message. All requests must use the template provided below.'''


 * Requests for mediation/Guide provides an explanation for how to file a request.
 * Requests for mediation/Sample shows the template with instructions.
 * Requests for mediation/Common Reasons for Rejection has a description of common reasons for rejecting requests.

All parties to the mediation must indicate agreement to mediate by signing the "Parties' agreement to mediate" section; any request that has not been signed by all parties within 7 days will be rejected. Please watch this page during the time the case is listed here; if additional information is required, you will be asked here, and expected to respond within the 7 day period.

Case name (Sample)
Do not edit this section! Copy the text of this section into another section and edit that. Edits to this section will be reverted immediately.

Involved parties


Confirmation that all parties are aware of the request: Provide diffs showing where RFMF was added to the talk page(s) of the involved article(s), and RFM-Request was placed on the talk pages of the other parties.


 * Article talk pages:
 * Foo


 * User talk pages:
 * User:Example

Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted:

 * WP:RFC link
 * WP:AN/I discussion

Issues to be mediated

 * Issue 1
 * Issue 2

Additional issues to be mediated

 * Additional issue 1
 * Additional issue 2

Parties' agreement to mediate

 * All parties should sign below, indicating that they agree to mediate the issue. If any party fails to sign, or if a party indicates they do not agree, then the mediation will be rejected.


 * Agree.

Decision of the Mediation Committee

 * Accept/Reject/Extend: Reason for rejection (if rejected), additional required information (if extended.)
 * For the Mediation Committee, (Mediation Committee members only.)

Your case should look just like this when you have finished filing; no commentary, no extra information, just what is required in this template. '''If you choose to ignore these instructions, your case will likewise be ignored. Caveat lector.'''

Involved parties


Confirmation that all parties are aware of the request:


 * Article talk pages:
 * [Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 game)]


 * User talk pages:
 * User:Xino:


 * User:RandyWang:
 * User:Shadow Hog:
 * User:BlazeHedgehog:

Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted:

 * WP:RFC
 * Various ineffectual attempts to mediate, including from at least one administrator, listed on the RfC page.

Issues to be mediated

 * Is Xino's behaviour toward other users unreasonable?
 * Should Xino revert the edits regarding various rumours, made to Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 game)?

Additional issues to be mediated

 * Additional issue 1
 * Additional issue 2

Parties' agreement to mediate

 * All parties should sign below, indicating that they agree to mediate the issue. If any party fails to sign, or if a party indicates they do not agree, then the mediation will be rejected.


 * Agree. RandyWang (raves/rants) 10:11, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree. Shadow Hog 12:37, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree. BlazeHedgehog 08:01, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

 * Accept/Reject/Extend:
 * For the Mediation Committee,

Involved parties
Confirmation that all parties are aware of the request:


 * Article talk pages:
 * Anti-Americanism


 * User talk pages:
 * User:Christinam
 * User:Marskell (posting request)
 * User:Rkrichbaum
 * User:Tfine80

Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted:

 * Massive discussions on Talk that are leading nowhere.
 * Two disinterested admins contacted: . The first was reverted when he attempted to intervene on the page

Issues to be mediated

 * Two alternate and essentially incompatible intros are being reverted over.
 * Secondarily, does picture of Guantanamo Bay belong? [It seems that a photo (a protest against torture in US prisons) has now been agreed upon Cadr 17:08, 16 May 2006 (UTC)]

Parties' agreement to mediate

 * All parties should sign below, indicating that they agree to mediate the issue. If any party fails to sign, or if a party indicates they do not agree, then the mediation will be rejected.


 * Agree. Marskell 17:40, 15 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Agree.

Decision of the Mediation Committee

 * Accept/Reject/Extend:
 * For the Mediation Committee,

Involved parties

 * user:RJII
 * user:bi

Confirmation that all parties are aware of the request:


 * Article talk pages:


 * User talk pages:


 * ===Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted:===


 * discussion on Talk page

Issues to be mediated

 * This concerns the article, Neo-Tech. Bi claims that books published by Integrated Management Associates (a company that publishes material about a philosophy called Neo-Tech) cannot be used as references for the article about Neo-Tech ("Incidentally, the rules also say that "self-published books" are unacceptable as sources. Well, I think I'm going to throw out lots of stuff that come only from Neo-Tech's self-publications. Bi 10:03, 4 May 2006 (UTC)"), which is bizarre becase it's the only sources on the philosophy. Lest there be any doubt, WP:V plainly says: Self-published sources, and published sources of dubious reliability, may be used only as sources of information on themselves, and only in articles about them. For example, the Stormfront website may be used as a source of information on itself in an article about Stormfront, so long as the information is notable, not unduly self-aggrandizing, and not contradicted by reliable, third-party published sources. Self-published sources may never be used as sources of information on another person or topic. Of course you can use the books as sources about the philosophy, in the article about the philosophy! Otherwise, the article would be blank! (As an aside, I'd like to note that the company also publishes the work of other writers not associated with the company as well). Also, he sources "criticism" of Neo-Tech from web forums, self-published web pages, etc rather than from credible published sources. He expressed a desire for form dispute resolution, as have I. Please assist enforcing the Wikipedia policies on sourcing. It should be pretty simple and straightforward to mediate this. Thank you. RJII 01:58, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Additional issues to be mediated

 * Thank you. In addition to being self-published, the Neo-Tech literature can be considered to be "unduly self-aggrandizing", which WP:V does not allow. Besides, given that Neo-Tech literature is self-published and self-aggrandizing, it would seem unfair to use a different standard for admitting views opposed to Neo-Tech. Bi 06:07, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Parties' agreement to mediate

 * All parties should sign below, indicating that they agree to mediate the issue. If any party fails to sign, or if a party indicates they do not agree, then the mediation will be rejected.


 * Agree. RJII 03:03, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree. Bi 06:08, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

 * Accept/Reject/Extend:
 * For the Mediation Committee,


 * Chairman's note: Recuse from involvement. Another member of the committee will need to accept/reject the case and assign a mediator. Essjay ( Talk  • Connect  ) 06:38, 16 May 2006 (UTC)