Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-09-15 Jessica Lee Rose

Mediation Case: Jessica Lee Rose
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Request Information

 * Request made by:

Marriedtofilm


 * Where is the issue taking place?
 * Jessica Rose Lee| is the lead actress is a gigantic internet phonomian called |lonelygirl15| which was a youtube video blog of a teenage girl calling herself "Bree" secretly making the recordings in her home. It attracted millions of viewers.  It turns out that the video blogs were scripted and "Bree" is New Zealand actress Jessica Rose.  According to Google News, there are over 500 current articles about lonelygirl15 and Jessica Lee Rose.  She has become very notable with intense scrutiny.


 * Who's involved?
 * One editior, WarpRider

WarpRider keeps deleting the articles on Jessica Lee Rose claiming she's only notable becuase of lonelygirl15. Most people say she's famous period and just because of the one event that made her famous doesn't mean there shouldn't be an article about her.
 * What's going on?

Lock the article Jessica Lee Rose (and redirect from Jessica Rose) from deletion, but open for editing.
 * ''What would you like to change about that?

Sure and sure.
 * Would you prefer we work discreetly? If so, how can we reach you?

Mediator response
The mediation can't deal with administrator actions, and I cannot find any user by the name of WarpRider either. If you want to contest a deletion, please see WP:DRV and go from there. I am closing this case as there is nothing that we can do. Cowman109 Talk 18:57, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, after doing a bit of looking around it seems that this is simply a misunderstanding - the page is not being deleted, but is simply being redirected the parent article as it does not seem to warrant a fork. There seems to be a growing consensus that the article should remain as a redirect at the moment in Talk:Lonelygirl15, so it would be best to respect that consensus instead of edit warring over it. Either way, the mediation cabal is not a tool to protect pages from moves, nor do we serve as advocates. In such a situation I would have to recommend that you just let consensus take form (perhaps ask for more opinions from the village pump as well. Thank you. Cowman109 Talk 22:26, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Hm, seems like I missed something else - she has been on Jay Leno now apparently and another editor has agreed to restore it, so perhaps the article should indeed stay. Either way, I'm confused here as to what exactly you want from mediation. The problem looks to have died down since her recent interviews, so if the problem of constant redirects returns, another mediation request would probably be best (only to help come to some sort of consensus over the page, though, not to enforce anything or to lock the page, as the mediation cabal is an entirely informal initiative). Cowman109 Talk 22:29, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Compromise offers
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