Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-03-13 History of the Ecuadorian-Peruvian territorial dispute

Mediation: 2006-03-13 History of the Ecuadorian-Peruvian territorial dispute
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Request Information

 * Request made by: Andres C. 01:17, 13 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Where is the issue taking place?
 * ...Article History of the Ecuadorian-Peruvian territorial dispute Massive reverts and deletions going on for the last couple of days.


 * Who's involved?
 * ...User:Messhermit and myself.


 * What's going on?
 * ...User:Messhermit, from Peru, accuses me insistently of "pushing an Ecuadorian POV" in this and other articles regarding Ecuadorian-Peruvian wars, and he has done that in the past. He seems to be unwilling to talk about my edits or reaching a consensus, resorting instead to deleting and reverting any edits I make. I have tried to be friendly, but to no avail. He claims my sources are not credible, and that I make them up. As he lives apparently in Miami, FL, he seems to have little or no access to sources regarding the contents of the article.

User:Messhermit is also trying to recruit other Peruvian Wikipedians to help him get rid of what he calls my biased and baseless propositions, as if Wikipedia was about national cliques imposing their will by sheer majority. See please User talk:Vivaperucarajo for details. The fact that vivaperucarajo can be roughly translated into "Long live Peru, damn it" (replace this with a stronger word) is of small comfort to this Wikipedian.


 * ''What would you like to change about that?
 * ...Instead of accusing me of being a "POV pusher", Messhermit should bring forward his objections to my edits in a friendly and polite way, presenting his counterarguments to my arguments. The problem seems to be that Messhermit has little knowledge of the issue.


 * If you'd prefer we work discreetly, how can we reach you?


 * Would you be willing to be a mediator yourself, and accept a mediation assignment in a different case?


 * This is, following the Categorical Imperative, the idea that you might want to do
 * what you expect others to do. You don't have to, of course, that's why it's a question.


 * ...Yes

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Compromise offers
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Discussion
Due to the seriousness of the issue, I thought it was prudent to let the Mediation Committee to step in. Thank you and forgive me for any trouble I may have caused. Andres C. 19:23, 13 March 2006 (UTC)