Wikipedia talk:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2009-02-11/Paul Watson

I invite all viewers of this claim to examine the diffs at the Administrators' Noticeboard/Edit warring page, where Terrillja claims that my quoting from Wikipedia policies is evidence of lack of civility. That is about as reasonable as the discussion has been from that quarter throughout the edit war reported there. I think this edit war is already well beyond mediation--but then, I've previously published in scholarly publications on the subject of mediation, so my view may be biased by that experience. Mervyn Emrys (talk) 02:00, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Terrillja never claimed that you quoting WP policies showed a lack of civility. Please provide a diff in which he says this to you. We are attempting to mediate this because we are willing to work with you and feel that it is more constructive than reporting you. You're correct; mediation will not work if both parties are not willing to compromise. Your belief that this situation is beyond mediation, regardless of any personal biases, is evident that you are not willing to work with us. – Ms. Sarita  Confer  17:35, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * One of the diffs provided by Terrillja that he says demonstrates my lack of civility is actually to a template that quotes Wiki policies urging respectful disagreement. I was advocating Wiki policy urging respectful disagreement. The template was actually written by somebody else.
 * Compromise (and mediation) requires negotiation, and negotiation involves discussion in which proposals and counterproposals are made BEFORE action is taken. An edit summary on a revert is not a proposal or a counterproposal before action. I have seen only reverts, not proposals from the two of you. You have made no attempt whatever to "work with me," only attempts to order me about. Mervyn Emrys (talk) 17:03, 13 February 2009 (UTC)