Wikipedia talk:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2009-05-16/Zidovudine

Somebody tried to close this case on grounds that I was blocked. Actually that block expired last month. But it's funny that being blocked would be an issue anyway for a Mediation Cabal case. Consider it's anthem:


 * "This page will never be Wikipedia policy. It is, by design, entirely informal. The Mediation Cabal provides informal mediation for disputes on Wikipedia. We cannot confirm or deny our existence."

Also:


 * "The Mediation Cabal is a bunch of volunteers providing unofficial, informal mediation for disputes on Wikipedia. We do not impose sanctions or make judgments. We at MedCabal are not at all official and are just ordinary Wikipedians. We facilitate communication and help parties reach an agreement by their own efforts."

When you about it, the Mediation Cabal should welcome blocked editors as a way to further their mission of resolving disputes. Right? But in any case, I'm not currently blocked. Really, just curious about what neutral 3rd parties would think of this dispute.


 * Quite a few 3rd parties have already disagreed with your proposed edits, gotten annoyed at your tendentiousness, edit-warring, and sockpuppetry, and finally told you to stop beating this long-dead horse. I don't think that the Mediation Cabal is really supposed to be a means of asking the other parent, but whatever. MastCell Talk 04:25, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

This isn't a case of asking the other parent. The RfC on this subject is dead in the water, has never been addressed. This is simply a case of conflict resolution.

One page up at the same asking the other parent link there is the following section:

''Campaigning

''Campaigning is an attempt to sway the person reading the message, through the use of non-neutral tone, wording, or intent. While this may be appropriate as part of an individual discussion, it is inappropriate to canvass with such messages.''

Again, I invite interested 3rd parties to carefully read the In Vitro section of the Talk:Zidovudine page. Eye.earth (talk) 21:29, 23 May 2009 (UTC)