Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Thermal lance

Thermal lance
 view edit delete watch Filed: 05:25, June 14 2007 (UTC)

Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted

 * Discussion in User talk:Eyrian

Here is the discussion, which I extracted from the deleted old versions of User talk:Eyrian: 07:55, 17 August 2007 User:Anthony Appleyard {|cellspacing="0" border="1" bgcolor="white"

Uses of thermal lances in fiction
Transferring discussion to here from Thermal lance's edit comments:-
 * 10:14, 13 June 2007 Eyrian (Talk | contribs | block) (2,074 bytes) (remove irrelevant section)
 * 11:46, 13 June 2007 Anthony Appleyard (Talk | contribs | block) (3,043 bytes) (Rv deletion of "in fiction" section, or please discuss)
 * 17:29, 13 June 2007 Eyrian (Talk | contribs | block) (2,074 bytes) (remove irrelevant section; These consist of trivial references only, and add nothing to the understanding of the article. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information.)

But this text is not an indiscriminate collection. Many pages about real technology have a section about their appearances in fiction. Anthony Appleyard 18:03, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * And I purge them whenever I find them. What good is a list of times they appear? That adds nothing to a user's understanding of the subject, it just clutters up the article. The place for those things is in the article about the fictional work; that's where the relationship should be linked. Now, what would be useful is a referenced section explaining how thermal lances have their capabilities exaggerated or distorted in fiction. A list of trivial references isn't informative. --Eyrian 18:23, 13 June 2007 (UTC)


 * But some other readers do want to read about where this or that real tool or weapon occurs in fiction. Those who see no interest in such matter can skip over it. It was only about 0.4 of a screenful. Anthony Appleyard 21:18, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I have requested mediation here: see Requests for mediation/Thermal lance. I restored the section so that the mediator can see what the discussion is about. Anthony Appleyard 05:29, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * }

Issues to be mediated

 * Inclusion of Appearances in fiction section

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 "agree" or "disagree" and signatures should appear here; any comments will be removed.


 * 1) Agree Anthony Appleyard 05:25, 14 June 2007 (UTC).
 * 2) Agree Eyrian 05:42, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee
''A member of the Mediation Committee will indicate acceptance/rejection/other relevant notes in this section. Non-mediators should not edit this section.''
 * Accept.
 * For the Mediation Committee,  Daniel  06:04, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll take this one.  Daniel  06:05, 14 June 2007 (UTC)