Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/"Cocaine Mafia", and "Mac & Cheese: The Appetizer"

&#34;Cocaine Mafia&#34;, and &#34;Mac &#38; Cheese: The Appetizer&#34;

 * Editors involved in this dispute
 * 1) – filing party


 * Articles affected by this dispute


 * Other attempts at resolving this dispute that you have attempted
 * User_talk:JJMC89

Issues to be mediated

 * Primary issues (added by the filing party)
 * 1) I have included citations in both articles, from reputable sources relevant to music and rap music. Disputing user has deleted or redirected the pages citing lack of notability, despite the inclusion of said third party citations.
 * 2) Citations include sources such as Rolling Stone, MTV and Hot New Hip Hop in the case of "Mac & Cheese: The Album", and MTV and XXL magazine in the case of the article on the "Cocaine Mafia" mixtape.
 * 3) Without resorting to an edit war, a dispute over semantics, I would like additional inputs regarding the articles and the sources cited. And if fallen short, then what standards must be met to be considered an acceptable citation of notability


 * Additional issues (added by other parties)
 * Additional issue 1
 * Additional issue 2

Parties' agreement to mediation

 * 1) Agree. DA1 (talk) 06:01, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

 * Reject. I'm going to exercise the discretion given to the Chairperson under prerequisite to mediation #9 to "refuse or refer back to other dispute resolution venues (e.g. dispute resolution noticeboard, third opinion, request for comment, or additional talk page discussion) a dispute which would benefit from additional work at lower levels of the dispute resolution process". In this particular case, I'd recommend a trip to Reliable Sources Noticeboard before seeking help through dispute resolution of any kind since the discussion about the issue has been so sparse. Even if I had not rejected this case under prerequisite #9 I would have probably rejected it under #4 which, like all other forms of moderated content dispute resolution, requires extensive discussion before resorting to dispute resolution. For the Mediation Committee, TransporterMan  ( TALK ) 19:40, 27 December 2015 (UTC) (Chairperson)