Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2007-07-15 Gothic chess

Request details
The discussion page [] is being used in an attempt of libelous/slanderous posts against the inventor of the game of Gothic Chess.

Who are the involved parties?
User:Just_to_clarify and User:GothicEnthusiast

What's going on?
The user named User:Just_to_clarify has posted information to the TALK section, which is slandering the inventor of the game of Gothic Chess. User:Just_to_clarify is citing anonymous, unverified postings on the internet, and posting them in a deliberately NEGATIVE fashion. I have contact the inventor of Gothic Chess, who claims the anonymous postins being cited by User:Just_to_clarify are not his. I informed User:Just_to_clarify of this, yet he continues to post them to the TALK section. User:Just_to_clarify has not yet followed my request for discussion of the matter. User:Just_to_clarify is not adding anything of merit to the discussion. User:Just_to_clarify has no interest in the topic. User:Just_to_clarify is just being disruptive.

What would you like to change about that?
I would like User:Just_to_clarify to stop citing anonymous internet postings on discussion boards as if they are 100% truth, especially if they are able to be proven otherwise.

Mediator notes
Not sure that mediation is required, Just to clarify has made very few article edits and the claims section hasn't been reintroduced. I've archived the non-productive discussion on the talk page. Also, I've left messages on their user talk pages. Addhoc 16:07, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Discussion
To answer your questions 1. Have you contacted Ed Trice regarding the incident you claim he posted something to another discussion board? No I have not. 2. Are you intending to deliberately negatively impact the image of the Gothic Chess Federation, a for profit company? There is no Wikipedia policy in place against criticizing a company, as long as the criticisms are verifiable. 3. If the answer to #2 above is "no", will you cease and desist your postings, as the company president is requesting that I ask you to do so? I must decline this request. I have a right to free speech and pointing out these already public postings does not overstep the narrow limits on free speech that are a part of Wikipedia policy and the laws of Wikipedia's (or, for that matter, my) jurisdiction. The issue is a simple one. I have made a posting to a Wikipedia talk page. You have repeatably tried to delete this posting. This goes against the guidelines in WP:TALK, since the post in question is not one that WP:TALK allows another editor to delete or "refactor". Just to clarify 07:17, 15 July 2007 (UTC)