Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/24 March 2012/

Where is the dispute?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_States

Who is involved?
DiligenceDude Impey_Barbicane

What is the dispute?
DiligenceDude keeps deleting a section on Economics that I added to the article on Gun Politics in the United States. Hopefully Wikipedia tracks changes and has maintained a record of this. DiligenceDude argues that Econimics, refering to policis, is conjectural. He argues that while the United States has entered into multiple treaties concerning the illegal manufacturing of firearms the illegal market in firearms is not growing. His argument seems ludacris in the light of the issues with the media coverage concerning the black market activity in firearms on the Mexican border, but, this is his unsubstanited opinion. Had he actually read any of the references I posted he would know this is not true. He attempted to prove his argument by providing an article informing people that the legal market in firearms is growing and claimed that this proved the illegal market was NOT growing. The caps are his idea. The lack of a basic understanding of the relationship between economics and politics, the lack of basic logic skills, the failure to actually read the reference material and the continued deletion of the section on economics to the detriment of wikipedia and it's readers indicates a personal agenda to maintain ignorance on a subject.

What steps have you already taken to try and resolve the dispute?
Tried to discuss the issue on the tallk page.

What issues needs to be addressed to help resolve the dispute
My suggestion: Find a third party that can write the section on the economics of gun politics including the illegal secondary markets (black markets) and how they are driven by the basic free market law of supply and demand. Remove DiligenceDude's ability to delete this information. Having taken classes in economics and politics and having studied both subjects it is my opinion that any economist with an understanding of illegal secondary markets, commonly called black markets, can write a blurb as well or better than I can. It will be necessary to prevent censors like DiligenceDude from continuing their personal agenda in the cause of ignorance.

What can we do to help resolve this issue?
My only concern in this matter is the lack of undestanding in the issues between economics and politics and in this case specifically in the area of gun politics where black markets are always driven by free market law of supply and demand. Without including this basic concept in the discussion the world is likely to end up in a black market far more dangerous than the current black market in recreational drugs. To prevent a black market escalation similar to the recreational drug market or the U.S. prohibition era alcohol market people need to understand the basic economic drivers behind the black market. Without information people cannot hope to be educated. DiligenceDude is tryng to maintain ignorance to the detriment of all wikipedia readers. I have an open mind on all issues. DiligenceDude's activities in the cause of censorship and ignorance have left me with very little resepect for their actions. There can be no comprimise in this case. Either the section on Economics is returned to the article and protected from DiligenceDude's crusade for ignorance or it isn't. This is as black and whte as it becomes. Information versus ignorance.