Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/09 December 2005/Distributed Current Versions System

Distributed Concurrent Versions System

 * Request made by (please sign below):

Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] (W) AfD? 13:28, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Status: Mediator's response given

Distributed Concurrent Versions System
 * Where is the issue taking place?

User:Just zis Guy, you know? User:Elego
 * Who's involved?

User:Elego created Distributed Concurrent Versions System; I redirected to Concurrent Versions System because it seems to me (as an outsider) that DCVS is essentially VCS with a small if significant feature extension. I left comments on the talk page and on the user talk page explaining it. Elego (which is, purely by coincidence, the name of the ocmpany which markets DCVS) reverted that redirect with no discussion at all. Before I get into an edit war, I'd like someone else to look in and see if this genuinely merits an additional article. I think not, since the functionality is substantially identical and DCVS is based on CVS, but others might have other ideas.
 * What's going on?

See above
 * ''What would you like to change about that?

Happy to be open, User talk:Just zis Guy, you know? or Talk:Distributed Concurrent Versions System is fine.
 * If you'd prefer we work discreetly, how can we reach you?

Mediator response
Unless I am missing something, it is premature to bring this issue to mediation. The parties have really not discussed their differences. Nor has the issue been debated by the editor community of the respective pages. At this point, there is not enough material for me to make a decision, so I would need to ask for much more information. Not being a user of this software would require the same type of information being placed here (to me), as on the page (among the editors).

Refrain from an edit war. Revert the edits that merge the pages. Places notices on both pages about the proposed merge (there are Wiki templates for these things). Then let it ride for a couple of weeks to see what happens. If consensus is not reached, bring it back here.

Good luck,

Steven McCrary 17:28, 22 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Closing Dan100 (Talk) 15:11, 26 December 2005 (UTC)