Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2007-11-17 Werner Erhard

Who are the involved parties?

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What's going on?
The biography of Werner Erhard written by Stephen Pressman is being deemed as a "novel" and "unsourced," and by that rationale, editors Ftord1960 and Saladdays are editing material in under that assumption and ignoring the discussion process of the article and discussion of edits to the article.

What would you like to change about that?
Acknowledge the Pressman biography as such (classified by the Library of Congress as a biography), and remove edits based on the assumption that it is an unsourced novel. This way we can go back to discussing and editing the article as a team.

Mediator notes
This case is tricky because we can't see the OTRS ticket, but we have to work around it in some way. I therefore asked for assistance from an OTRS volunteer, and Daniel agreed to work with me on this. However, as of now, I have not seen the case yet.

I sent e-mail to requestor to explain the situation. This case will probably not be moving fast; I appreciate everybody's patience. &mdash; Sebastian 03:40, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Swatjester has made it clear to me that I will not be able to see the ticket. He also said he "briefed" David on the situation, but David reassured me that he did not see the ticket either. I am currently looking for the best way to deal with this situation and am open for suggestions. &mdash; Sebastian 18:37, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

It appears neither side is willing to cooperate. I am therefore proposing to close this case, if my co-mediator agrees. &mdash; Sebastian 17:22, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

I am closing the case now. I just realize that it would have been clearer if I had replaced the parties Arcana put in the field with User:Swatjester, and I just did this now somewhat belatedly. &mdash; Sebastian 01:28, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Administrative notes
Note there is an ongoing OTRS legal complaint re: Werner Erhard, at ticket #2007051510011812 (as well as others). &rArr;  SWAT Jester    Son of the Defender  17:20, 17 November 2007 (UTC)