Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Romanization of the Russian language

Confirmation that all parties are aware of the request:

 * Kuban kazak was notified.
 * An announcement on the Cyrillic naming conventions project talk page was posted.
 * RFMF is inapplicable as the issue concerns more than one article.

Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted:
Discussions between these two users with occasional involvement of third parties took place at:
 * User talk:Kuban kazak/2005
 * User talk:Kuban kazak/2005
 * User talk:Kuban kazak/2005
 * User talk:Kuban kazak/2005
 * User talk:Kuban kazak/2005
 * User talk:Kuban kazak/2006 1
 * User talk:Kuban kazak/2006 1
 * User talk:Kuban kazak/2006 1
 * Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Cyrillic)
 * Talk:Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
 * User talk:Camerafiend
 * Talk:Moscow Metro
 * User talk:Ezhiki

Issues to be mediated

 * Should the Naming conventions policy (which prescribes using Romanization of Russian for transliteration of the Russian language) be amended?
 * Can that policy be ignored because it does not mirror "common English usage"?
 * Should editors be able to ignore that policy because they do not believe it to be correct?
 * Can a unilateral exception from that policy be made for the articles pertaining to the Moscow Metro stations (e.g., Template:Sokolnicheskaya Line)?

Explanations, details, and examples will be provided upon request of the Mediation Committee.

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.


 * Agree.&mdash;Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 15:36, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree. --Kuban kazak 13:45, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

 * Accept: Mediator to be assigned.
 * For the Mediation Committee, Essjay  Talk •  Contact 22:33, 15 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I accept an assignment to this mediation, and will contact the parties. -Will Beback 20:01, 19 February 2006 (UTC)


 * A new mediator has been requested due to inactivity on the case. I am asking the parties to reconfirm their interest in the mediation, and if they do so, reassigning the case. Essjay  Talk •  Contact 01:51, 31 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I am willing to take this case on. --Wisd e n17 15:33, 3 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Assigned to Wisden17. Please keep me informed of the status. Essjay  Talk •  Contact 02:37, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Parties reconfirmation Parties: Please sign below that mediation is still requested/required.
 * Agree --Kuban Cossack 10:46, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree&mdash;Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 13:24, 31 March 2006 (UTC)