Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Zenji Nio

Zenji Nio

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


 * Articles affected by this dispute


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

Issues to be mediated

 * Primary issues (added by the filing party)
 * 1) Jonathan has been on a witch hunt to discredit the subject of this article. There are 35 sources from well-known media publications that are all relevant and current and yet Joshua is digging up anonymous blogs created many years ago and posting them on the original page. A wiki editor is only supposed to include citations from credible published sources, not blogs by anonymous people on the internet. Joshua has also been involved in posting content that is libelous against the subject of the article who is a noted Buddhist leader and chaplain. Joshua's own userpage has the words "Smash the Buddha in the backyard" which shows a bias against Buddhism and may be the driving force behind his crusade. Other users have also commented on Joshua's attitude towards Indian spiritual leaders on his Talk page.
 * 2) Jonathan feels that the subject of an article may be the same subject of another article that was created 5 or more years ago. The new article has only current links from 2016 onwards and no bearing from anything many years back. The Talk page is full of points relating to this discussion and we need a fair, 3rd party to mediate or help us get to the Arbitration committee.


 * Additional issues (added by other parties)
 * Additional issue 1: see
 * Talk:Zenji Nio
 * Talk:Zenji Nio
 * User talk:Professoremeritus
 * User talk:Joshua Jonathan
 * Sockpuppet investigations/Buddhakahika
 * Joshua Jonathan  -  Let's talk!   14:59, 1 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Additional issue 2: persoanl attack by Professoremeritus; he made this comment in an edit-summary at Requests for mediation/Zenji Nio:
 * "added a quote from Joshua's user page which says "smash the Buddha" - this shows a racist propensity to attack Buddhism and Buddhist leaders and may be driving his agenda."
 * "Smash the Buddha" is a well-known Zen-phrase; this user is deliberatley crossing a line here.  Joshua Jonathan   -  Let's talk!   15:15, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Parties' agreement to mediation

 * 1) Agree. Professoremeritus (talk) 14:20, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

 * Reject. Fails to satisfy prerequisite to mediation #8, "No related dispute resolution proceedings are active in other Wikipedia forums." An articles for deletion case is pending on this article, which has a form of built-in dispute resolution. Even if this had not been rejected on that basis, this case comes very close to being rejected as a case about editor conduct rather than about article content, see prerequisite to mediation #3. If the article survives the deletion request and this case is refiled, please limit the issues and counter-issues strictly to issues about content, not editor conduct. If either party wishes to address editor conduct, they should speak to an administrator or, after carefully reading and following the instructions there, file at ANI. For the Mediation Committee, TransporterMan  ( TALK ) 16:59, 3 April 2017 (UTC) (Chairperson)