Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2007-02-12 lyncher burton dreben

Mediation Case: 2007-02-12 lyncher burton dreben
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Request Information

 * Request made by: DavidHHelman 04:04, 12 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Where is the issue taking place?
 * I am very new to Wikipedia. About 6 months ago I wrote a short article about Burton Dreben, who was my thesis adviser at Harvard.  Then someone named lyncher made a comment questioning the article's neutrality but not explaining why he or she did not think the article was neutral. I think the article is quite neutral.  I asked in the page why did you think the article was not neutral but never got a reply.  I also quite recently went to lyncher's page and left the same question; it appears however he is no longer in the wikipedia business.  I would like to remove the note questioning the article's neutrality.

Thankyou,

David H. Helman, Ph.D.


 * Who's involved?


 * What's going on?


 * ''What would you like to change about that?


 * Would you prefer we work discreetly? If so, how can we reach you?

Mediator response
This is a bit odd, since there's no real opportunity for mediation with only one party around. I've taken a look at the article, and it does seem fairly neutral to me. I've removed the tag for now; if Lincher returns and responds to the questions regarding its placement, it can be restored if necessary. The only thing I see as potentially non-neutral is the characterization of Dreben as "highly influential as a teacher and collaborator."

As an aside, the article is in need of some cleanup -- for one thing, it needs to list reliable sources from which it was referenced. That specific claim about his influence should be cited, as well -- who is saying he's highly influential? I would be happy to help with the technical aspects of adding these citations, David, if you have the sources handy. I'm going to go through and do a little bit of cleanup now.

In the absence of a second party to the mediation, I'm going to close the case; there's nothing to mediate, at the moment. Feel free to contact me via my talk page if I can help further. Shimeru 00:26, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

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