Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Authorship of A Course in Miracles

Involved parties

 * Andrew Parodi
 * Ste4k

Confirmation that all parties are aware of the request:


 * Article talk pages:
 * Authorship of A Course in Miracles


 * User talk pages:
 * User:Andrew Parodi
 * User:Ste4k

Note to mediation committee: since the time this RfM was proposed and signed, Andrew Parodi has unfortunately stated an intention to leave Wikipedia. Unless he changes its mind, this would moot the mediation request. Kickaha Ota 00:01, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted:

 * WP:RFC RFC posted June 26, 2006
 * Third Opinion given on June 26, 2006
 * Informal attempts to resolve the dispute, beginning on June 26, 2006 and ending June 30, 2006

Issues to be mediated
Note: These issues are suggestions of Kickaha Ota; the parties may wish to work with the mediator to reformulate these issues or add additional issues.
 * Issue 1: Do particular statements in the article violate WP:OR or Verifiability?
 * Issue 1.1: If the answer to Issue 1 is "yes", what particular statements violate these policies, and what changes can be made to correct some or all of these statements to the editors' satisfaction?
 * about 80%. Removal, or replacement with cited source. Ste4k 12:42, 1 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Issue 1.2: If the answer to Issue 1 is "yes", then do these problem statements currently rise to a level that justifies placing a dispute warning tag such as on the article until the statements can be corrected, or would the use of  or other statement-specific warning tags be sufficient?
 * Most of the cited sources are invalid, putting a after 80% of the sentences would be more harmful than a simply  Ste4k 12:42, 1 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Issue 2: Do the parties need to pursue dispute resolution procedures, such as further mediation, to address their past grievances?
 * Issue 2.1: If the answer to Issue 2 is "no", or if the parties cannot agree on how to resolve their past grievances at this time, then can the parties agree to disagree on their past grievances for now, set those grievances aside, and cooperate on the problem of improving this particular article?
 * From what I understand, and assuming good faith, the other party has decided to no longer participate. In interim, I have created an entire new article from scratch using acceptable secondary resources without any primary resources at all. Ste4k 12:42, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

From JzG:
 * Issue 3: Can the significance of this movement be verified from reliable secondary sources external to the movement itself, in order to demonstrate that its inclusion into numerous articles discussion much larger concepts such as forgiveness does not constitute giving undue weight to a very small minority view, per WP:NPOV.
 * not that I have found using research tools at my disposal. Ste4k 12:42, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Parties' agreement to mediate

 * All parties should sign below, indicating that they agree to mediate the issue. If any party fails to sign, or if a party indicates they do not agree, then the mediation will be rejected. Only signatures and "agree" or "disagree" should appear here; any comments will be removed.

Agree. -- Andrew Parodi 02:56, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

agree Ste4k 05:14, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted:

 * WP:RFC RFC posted June 26, 2006
 * Third Opinion given on June 26, 2006
 * Informal attempts to resolve the dispute, beginning on June 26, 2006 and ending June 30, 2006

Decision of the Mediation Committee
Accepted.
 * For the Mediation Committee, Essjay ( Talk  • Connect  ) 06:08, 8 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I will take this case. -Ste|vertigo 16:54, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I formally withdraw. Ste4k 03:14, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Request closed due to the withdrawal of Ste4k. Essjay ( Talk )  03:20, 21 July 2006 (UTC)