Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-06-14 Karl Menninger

Mediation Case: 2006-06-14 Karl Menninger
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Request Information

 * Request made by: Typos 03:00, 14 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Where is the issue taking place?
 * Karl Menninger


 * Who's involved?
 * Typos (me) and Chiefbromden


 * What's going on?
 * Revert war. Chief wants to add the text of a letter where Menninger seems to recant everything he'd stood for during his career. Problem is, the letter is this massive beast and takes up more than the biography proper. I suggested he pare it down, but he didn't seem particularly amenable to my suggestions. Instead he accused me of hating Scientologists and being biased against Szasz (the guy Menninger wrote his letter to). While it was pretty funny to read his rant, I didn't come away with the impression that this was a person I could actually compromise with.


 * ''What would you like to change about that?
 * Perhaps he may yet listen to reason. But I doubt he'll hear it coming from me.


 * If you'd prefer we work discreetly, how can we reach you?
 * I don't care to work discreetly.


 * Would you be willing to be a mediator yourself, and accept a mediation assignment in a different case?
 * No.

Mediator response
Hi, I am Adam and I have taken this case. I prefer that we discuss this matter on Talk:Karl Menninger. Ideogram 12:21, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

We have what seems to be an acceptable compromise on the table, but the opposing party has not responded for four and a half days. Closing case. Ideogram 17:31, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

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