Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Firestone 2

Firestone Tire and Rubber Company2.0
 view edit delete watch Filed: 06:40, February 6 2007 (UTC)

Articles involved

 * Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
 * Bridgestone
 * Firestone Liberian controversy

Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted:

 * WP:Third opinion
 * Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard
 * Conversation on Firestone
 * Merge discussion on Bridgestone talk page
 * Merge discussion on Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
 * Discusion underway with several of the editors mentioned above on the Firestone talk page. Sand Box article set up to address POV issues and Generally tidy and improve a messy article.

Issues to be mediated

 * Is Bridgestone now the same company as Firestone?
 * Should the Firestone page be merged into the Bridgestone page?
 * Should the 1900-1988 History of Firestone in USA be Merged into the history of Bridgestone Corporation Japan.
 * Should the Firestone Liberian controversy remain in the main article or be split?
 * Does the Liberian Workers Claim against Firestone deserve to have it's own expanded article.
 * Is it sufficient to paragraph the Liberian issue in the Firestone article and reference out to the split.
 * What is a NPOV source?

Additional issues to be mediated

 * Additional issue 1
 * Additional issue 2

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.


 * 1) Agree. Travb (talk) 06:10, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Agree. [[Image:Flag_of_Australia.svg|25px]] Mobile 01 Talk  07:02, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Agree. Cls14 11:02, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Agree.   MortonDevonshire  Yo  · 00:12, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Agree. ~ (The Rebel At) ~  22:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Agree. --Bobblehead 20:44, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Agree - FAAFA 00:46, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

 * Accept:
 * For the Mediation Committee, Shyam  ( T / C ) 07:03, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Ill take it. -Ste|vertigo