Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Adam Marshall

Adam Marshall

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


 * Articles affected by this dispute


 * Other attempts at resolving this dispute that you have attempted
 * Talk:Adam_Marshall

Issues to be mediated

 * Primary issues (added by the filing party)
 * 1) Should Adam Marshall be linked to the category "Australian politicians convicted of crimes" following his conviction and sentencing for a crime?


 * Additional issues (added by other parties)
 * The default position in the relevant jurisdiction is for a conviction to be recorded. The online syndicated article that formed the basis of most coverage at the time apparently fails to reiterate this long standing norm of the legal system.
 * A section 10 spent conviction is available only by order of the court.
 * Any discussion as to wikipedia's potential legal liability as a result of the Adam Marshall biography would benefit from an understanding of jurisprudence in the state of New South Wales:

SENTENCING OPTIONS

http://www.armstronglegal.com.au/traffic-law/drink-driving/mid-range-pca?gclid=CjwKEAjw9LKeBRDurOugs43jnlgSJACUXqHxGxyiLKTESfAc-GOKMGn90f4PeRpvPmqKRp6tb38oqBoCKIfw_wcB

SECTION 10 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cpa1999278/s10.html

I note that there is now mention of Adam Marshall's conviction in the article and that the category "Australian politicians convicted of crimes" has also been added. It seems to me that all that was needed was a reliable source. Do you agree that this resolves the dispute? Sunray (talk) 23:17, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

I think we can discontinue this now.

Ghostofthelandscape (talk) 14:30, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Parties' agreement to mediation

 * 1) Agree. Ghostofthelandscape (talk) 08:09, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
 * 2) Disagree. A good look at Talk:Adam Marshall will, I think, show that there is indeed a problem but that this problem is not of a kind that "mediation" is for. -- Hoary (talk) 08:35, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

 * Reject. Matter resolved. For the Mediation Committee Sunray (talk) 18:46, 29 July 2014 (UTC)