Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/joseph digenova

joseph digenova

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


 * Articles affected by this dispute


 * Other attempts at resolving this dispute that you have attempted
 * Talk:https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Joseph_diGenova&action=edit&section=5

Issues to be mediated

 * Primary issues (added by the filing party)
 * 1) Should the second sentence of the article remain: "He is known for promoting conspiracy theories about the Department of Justice and the FBI." I, houstoneagle, deleted this quote because the only sources provided are opinion journalism. The phrase "conspiracy theory" is loaded, and there could at least be a better wording that does not connote irrationality on the part of a distinguished former U.S. Attorney. I also want the person who sanctioned me for 24 hours to be sanctioned, because he or she falsely accused me of failing to engage in the proper procedure. I am doing my part, and his or her opinion is of no more value than mine. The person who sanctioned me abused his or her power, and the people repeatedly reverting my edit probably have not even considered the fact that the sources are garbage opinion sources. Just because they were in a well-known newspaper doesn't change the fact it's opinion. This is an encyclopedia type article, not Mother Jones.Houstoneagle (talk) 02:36, 20 June 2018 (UTC)


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

Parties' agreement to mediation

 * 1) Agree. Houstoneagle (talk) 02:36, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

 * Reject. Fails to satisfy our prerequsite requiring extensive talk page discussion. Filing party has only posted once there and most of that was about conduct, which we don't handle, not content. However, if this hadn't been rejected for that reason it would have been rejected under prerequisite #9. For the Mediation Committee, TransporterMan  ( TALK ) 13:22, 20 June 2018 (UTC) (Chairperson)