Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2009-07-24/Wikiproject television stations

Where is the dispute?
 

Who is involved?

 * User:Piano non troppo
 * User:Vicenarian
 * User:Neutralhomer

What is the dispute?
User:Neutralhomer, who was heavily involved in writing WP:TVS, believes Wiki editors need consensus from his group before making otherwise legitimate changes to articles under their purview. In particular User:Neutralhomer wants to include uncited lists of newscasters and reporters associated with TV stations, along any other arbitrary information on their later careers. Opposing editors have said this is incorrect, citing WP:COATRACK, WP:BIO, WP:V, WP:NOTINHERITED, WP:DIRECTORY and so on.

User:Neutralhomer has responded to several types of changes to television pages describing them as vandalism, and reverting the edits. 

The matter was put to an RfC. By number, User:Neutralhomer's position was supported. However not all the people involved in the discussion elsewhere were counted. Whatever the "ideal" result of the RfC should have been, User:Neutralhomer's stance is directly contrary to Wiki policies in several ways. He doesn't defend the group's stance by citing Wiki policy, but rather the group's established practice.

What would you like to change about this?
Television station articles should not include information about the careers of employees after leaving the station, barring exceptional and cited situations.

How do you think we can help?
The WP:TVS group as a whole needs to understand that their guidelines are secondary to core Wiki policies. That well-justified deletion of inappropriate material should not be reverted without proper explanation. And specifically, that Wikipedia television station articles are not an invitation for non-notable people to insert self-promotional external links and biographical material that has nothing to do with the article topic.

Mediator notes
I'm willing to take this case. If all listed parties would sign directly underneath this comment with four tildes (~) indicating their acceptance of this mediation, that would be great. We'll begin once all parties have accepted. GrooveDog (talk) 16:18, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Accept. Vicenarian  (Said · Done) 16:24, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Accept. Piano non troppo (talk) 20:02, 31 July 2009 (UTC)