Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Christ myth theory

Christ myth theory
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Filed: 22:17, March 7 2010 (UTC)

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Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted

 * Talk page.


 * Regular tangentially related appeals to the Fringe theory notice board.

Issues to be mediated

 * The party filing this request uses this section to list the issues for mediation. Other parties can list additional issues in the section below.


 * Issue 1. Is the "pseudohistory" category tag inappropriate for this article, given the sources cited in both the article itself and the article's FAQ?
 * Issue 2. Do the sources provided in support of the denialist comparisons (footnotes 6-8) qualify as "reliable sources" as defined by WP:RS and qualified by WP:PARITY?
 * Issue 3. Does the categorization of the Christ myth theory as "pseudohistory" depend exclusively on the denialist comparisons or can it stand even without them, based on the sources cited in the article itself and in its FAQ?

Additional issues to be mediated

 * Other parties can use this section to list any others issues they wish to include in the mediation. Please do not modify or remove any other party's listing. Please sign all additions to this section if there are more than two parties involved in this case.


 * Whether wikipedia's voice should be taking a hostile POV or neutral POV to the material of this article. That is should the article attempt to describe the theory and track its historical development or should it dismissed with degrading comments made about the proponents in Wikipedia's voice.  jbolden1517Talk  15:49, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Should the theory be considered part of academic biblical studies (in which case it is fringe) or cultural atheism in which case it has a substantial popular following. jbolden1517Talk  15:49, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Parties' agreement to mediate

 * All parties should sign below, indicating that they agree to mediate the issue. If any party fails to sign within seven days, or if a party indicates they do not agree, then the mediation will be rejected. Only "Agree" or "Disagree" and signatures should appear here; any comments will be removed, but can be made at the talk page.


 * 1) Agree. Eugene (talk) 22:17, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Agree. Bill the Cat 7 (talk) 23:49, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Agree. --Akhilleus (talk) 01:32, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) Agree to point 1. Points 2 and 3 will be solved by addressing this. Sophia ♫  17:39, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Agree ^^James^^ (talk) 19:18, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) Agree jbolden1517Talk  15:44, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

 * A member of the Mediation Committee will indicate acceptance/rejection/other relevant notes in this section. Non-Committee members should not edit this section ; all comments should go on the talk page, unless a party is specifically requested to reply here by a Committee member.

Accept. For the mediation committee, Xavexgoem (talk) 01:15, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Your primary mediator will be User:NuclearWarfare, an up-and-coming mediator. I'll be looking over his shoulder to make sure things are going OK. Xavexgoem (talk) 01:49, 12 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi everyone. I have posted something that refers to you all at Wikipedia talk:Requests for mediation/Christ myth theory. If you could check it out and reply there, we should be able to get this show on the road. NW ( Talk ) 02:02, 12 March 2010 (UTC)