Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2009-06-2/Hey, Slavs

Where is the dispute?
The dispute is taking place on Hey, Slavs and, to a lesser degree, on the Serbo-Croatian language article. -- DIREKTOR  ( TALK ) 11:43, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Who is involved?

 * User:DIREKTOR
 * User:Imbris
 * User:Ivan Štambuk (to a lesser degree)
 * User:No such user (to a lesser degree)
 * User:Rave92 (to a lesser degree)

What is the dispute?
The dispute is rather complex, and I'll try to keep the description as simple as possible. It is also on a rather obscure subject, but I hope we can still find someone willing to get his hands dirty with this: the whole thing is rapidly spiraling out of control. The dispute is mainly between User:Imbris and myself, and it includes the following issues: -- DIREKTOR  ( TALK ) 11:43, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Whether or not Serbian, Croatian, Albanian, and Hungarian were the official languages of SFR Yugoslavia. (I say they were not, User:Imbris says they were.)
 * Whether to include the Montenegrin language version of the Hey, Slavs song. (I am opposed, based on the fact that the language is internationally unrecognized and unstandardized, User:Imbris insists on its inclusion)
 * Whether or not we should use all five names for the Serbo-Croatian language, or just use the only one that's not completely obscure. (User:Imbris supports the use of all language names, regardless of obscurity. I hope to avoid confusion by using the one name which has 2,500,000 hits on Google, compared to the others' 266 and 3,100.)
 * Whether Serbo-Croatian is a "language" or "macrolanguage". ISO classifies it as a "macrolanguage", but that is not a term used in general linguistics. Either way, the inclusion of the language in the Hey, Slavs article is based on its historic use. Referring to the context of the former SFR Yugoslavia when it was a "language" in every sense.

What would you like to change about this?
(See below)

How do you think we can help?
I'm hoping primarily that the edit-war gets stopped. My efforts on User talk:Imbris in attempting to "negotiate a ceasefire" were completely fruitless. To put it poetically, what I would like is that someone with authority steps in and "reins in the chaos". I don't care if I get blocked as well, I'm frankly just sick to the stomach with this petty issue. That said, I dare to dream that this matter actually gets resolved amiably. In order for that to become reality, it is also necessary that that someone who stops the edit-war also really gets into this matter. We have no shortage of knowledgeable Wikipedians in the field, such as User:Ivan Štambuk, but User:Imbris has as yet not managed to agree with anyone on any issue. Anyone getting into this should also remember that it is rarely the best course to simply seek the "middle ground" and enforce it. The best objective course of action can also be "undemocratic" or "unfair". -- DIREKTOR  ( TALK ) 11:43, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Mediator notes
All discussion will take place on the Hey Slavs talk page. Dotty•• | TALK 14:04, 2 June 2009 (UTC)