Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/17 December 2011/


 * status=New
 * date=19:39, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
 * requester=Thehistorian10 (talk)
 * parties= Nyttend, Omnedon
 * mediators= thehistorian10
 * comment=}}

Where is the dispute?
A dispute over edits and general vandalism on the article "Pine Village, Indiana". Both persons disagree over the definition of "mangled" maps (as well as some vandalism, although this dispute is constrained to the definition of "mangled" maps)

Who is involved?
The list of the users involved. For example:


 * User:Omnedon
 * User:Nyttend
 * User:thehistorian10 (merely as the rferrer of the issu. I was also the impartial editor who dealt with the original request.

What is the dispute?
With this edit, Nyttend described edits of mine as vandalism. (The same edit also reverted other changes made by other editors.) Back in 2007 I had added some text describing the town’s location; and then in August 2010 I added another descriptive sentence giving more geographical context. The coordinates had been removed from the body of the article, but they were still present in the infobox. Nyttend removed my sentences and restored the old sentence that stated the coordinates, saying "geography had been vandalised". Then with this later edit, the user said “The maps were also mangled”. I had provided a county-level pushpin map. Such pushpin maps are used on many geographical articles, so the term "mangled" did not seem applicable.

Disagreement about content and style is one thing. Application of terms like "vandalised" and "mangled" is another. Of course, misunderstandings can occur and mistakes can be made, and the user may not have checked to see who had made those edits; so I asked about this on the user’s talk page in the hopes of some sort of acknowledgment which would have ended the issue. Instead, the user defended the edits and ignored the vandalism question. I responded, but in five days have received no further response. Editors will often disagree on content; and I have often dealt with editors who were less than civil without requesting any assistance. However, being called a vandal by an administrator is difficult to ignore. Omnedon (talk) 14:12, 16 December 2011 (UTC) The above is text copied directly from the original wikiquette case as I saw it.

What steps have you already taken to try and resolve the dispute?
Attempted remedy through the talk page and a referral by User 1 (Onmedon) to Wikiquette - dealt with (and referred here) by thehistorian10)

What issues needs to be addressed to help resolve the dispute
Decide as to whether there are any cases of "mangled maps" in the article (including any history of mangled maps)

What can we do to help resolve this issue?
Provide definition and guidance on the above issue as listed in the "Issues to be addressed" field.