Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Chief Illiniwek

Chief Illiniwek

 * Editors involved in this dispute
 * 1) – filing party
 * 2) - each of the other editors undid or substantially edited my edits repeatedly.
 * 3) - posted a notice Re edit warring on Vidrhet's talk page, to no avail.


 * Articles affected by this dispute


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

Issues to be mediated

 * Primary issues (added by the filing party)
 * 1) Questioning reliable sources without citing other relevant or equally credible sources.
 * 2) Edits by Vidrhet based upon personal opinions about what should be said in the article, not what can be supported. Use of POV language.
 * 3) The "online magazine" cited by Vidrhet was a clearly labeled opinion piece by an individual who appears to be a current or former student at U of I, and there is no indication that this is anything other than a blog.


 * Additional issues (added by other parties)
 * 1) The WCIA story and News-Gazette article repeat claims of threats made but no evidence or quote of threats is presented. Other source challenged the unsupported assertion but was edited based on personal opinion by one editor (Dual Freq) and removed by another (FriendlyFred). That source should at least be back in, without the POV edits by DualFreq. [Vidrhet] Suggest something like: "A local online magazine questioned the actual existence of the alleged threats [reference]."
 * 2) Alternatively, if noting that the sources don't actually provide evidence to support the claims of violence is somehow out of bounds, then shouldn't those unsupported quotes at least not be included in this entry.

Parties' agreement to mediation

 * 1) Agree. FriendlyFred (talk) 01:41, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) Agree. Vidrhet (talk) 02:33, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

 * Reject. I'm going to reject this case under the authority granted to the chairperson under prerequisite to mediation #9, "the Committee has the discretion 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." Frankly, even before going to other dispute resolution forums, I'd suggest going to reliable sources noticeboard first, then to dispute resolution if RSN does not resolve the issues. For the Mediation Committee, TransporterMan  ( TALK ) 14:35, 13 January 2015 (UTC) (chairperson)