Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-10-21 Jeffrey Sebelia

Mediation Case: 2006-10-21 Jeffrey Sebelia
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Request Information

 * Request made by: TOM 13:22, 21 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Where is the issue taking place?
 * ... Jeffrey Sebelia


 * Who's involved?
 * ... SweetNSpicyGal


 * What's going on?
 * ... She has become very proprietary about this article. Her original version, aside from being filled with grammatical errors and misspellings, does not follow Wikipedia formatting, is missing links or has incorrect links ("ecstasy" is one of several), includes external links to irrelevant websites (a rock group which Sebelia departed years ago), and contains info either contradicted elsewhere by more reliable sources or with no proof to back it up. I rewrote the article and she reverted it to her original version, so I contacted her in what I thought was a polite and reasonable manner via her Talk page. She ignored my comments and reverted the article yet again. Both times she has marked the reversions as "minor edits."


 * ''What would you like to change about that?
 * ... I would like her to understand what I have told her already - "If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed by others, do not submit it" - and that my changes have enhanced, not destroyed, her work.


 * Would you prefer we work discreetly? If so, how can we reach you?
 * ... Apparently discretion won't work with her.

Mediator response
Obviously, following standard formatting isn't really optional. If someone uses a different style, that isn't normally an issue, provided they don't start edit warring about it. Apart from these format differences, there doesn't seem to be any meaningful disagreement about content. Addhoc 15:08, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Compromise offers
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