Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-06-21 Portal:Taiwan/Notes

Case Notes
These are The Halo's notes on the Mediation Cabal Portal:Taiwan case.

Brief background
User:Nrtm81 wants the portal to be named Portal:Taiwan, whereas User:Chiang Kai-shek thinks that may be too political, and wants to make sure that there is no confusion that Taiwan isn't a country in it's own right.

Involved parties

 * Nrtm81


 * Chiang Kai-shek


 * BlueShirts


 * Ideogram - Began as a mediator, then participated in a non-mediating role


 * Shawnlin - Commented on the last day of mediation. Possible sock puppet, has only made edits on the portal talk.

Mediation
The mediation process can be followed on Portal talk:Taiwan/Archive1, Portal talk:Taiwan/Archive 2, Portal talk:Taiwan/Archive 3, and Portal talk:Taiwan/Archive 4.

Compromises
The following were suggested compromises, none of which were accepted.


 * 1) Create Portal:Republic Of China and naming Portal:Taiwan, Portal:Island of Taiwan
 * 2) Create Portal:Free areas of the Republic of China, and crate Portal:Republic of China
 * 3) Have Portal:China contain all china related topics
 * 4) Create Portal:Free Areas of the Republic of China, which would contain not only Taiwan, but also the islands of Fuchien and other current ROC territories.
 * 5) Portal:Taiwan to being inter related to Portal:ROC
 * 6) Portal:Taiwan Province, or Portal:Taiwan Province, Republic of China
 * 7) Having the portals read as such on the portal browse: Portal:ROC·(Taiwan)
 * 8) Portal:Taiwan Island, or Portal:Taiwan (Island)

Closing
I hope that these notes are helpful to you. If you need to ask anything more, please leave a message on my talk page, and I'll get back to you.