Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Somaliland - Clan System

Somaliland - Clan System

 * Editors involved in this dispute
 * 1) – filing party


 * Articles affected by this dispute


 * Other attempts at resolving this dispute that you have attempted
 * Talk:Somaliland
 * Dispute_resolution_noticeboard

Issues to be mediated

 * Primary issues (added by the filing party)
 * 1) The parties are disputing wether to include the phrase "the Sool region is almost Exclusively inhabited by the Dhulbahante clan" in the article.
 * 2) I believe its an accurate and appropriate phrase to include. To substantiate this I provided reliable sources which explicitly use the phrase, which can be found here and almost exclusively  at P.7, P.10, P.405 respectively.
 * 3) The other two editors however, disagree with this because they believe that it would be not neutral to use this phrase since other groups also settle in the region
 * 4) However, these other groups are numerously insignificant in the region and therefore, I believe it would be correct to use the phrase.
 * 5) Nonetheless, I am willing to compromise and instead use the word predominantly for the article in exchange for the term almost exclusively.


 * Additional issues (added by other parties)
 * Additional issue 1
 * Additional issue 2

Parties' agreement to mediation

 * 1) Agree. Xargaga (talk) 04:41, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

 * Reject. Failed to satisfy prerequisite for mediation #5, "A majority of the parties to the dispute consent to mediation." For the Mediation Committee, TransporterMan  ( TALK ) 16:03, 6 December 2017 (UTC) (Chairperson)