Wikipedia talk:Mediation Committee/Policy/Draft

Who appointed the mediators
Who appointed the mediators? WP has an old and bad traditional in which a handful of editors have made policies and guidelines in a handful of days? E.g. much of WP:MOS. --Philcha (talk) 22:40, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Jimbo did. The Mediation Committee is accepted today, I suspect, because it does not presume to enjoy a perpetual place in the Wikipedia dispute resolution hierarchy, but instead recognises that it will exist only as long as it continues to help the community. We are self-selecting only because our advantage over informal mediation is that the Committee's members, who mediate all of our cases, have an established ability to mediate competently. That is to say (without intending to downplay at all the invaluable role that the MedCab plays): we are not a "free-for-all", in that anybody cannot just mediate our cases; they have to have a solid track record in successfully mediating. AGK   23:19, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Why do the mediators not want to discuss mediation policy with 'ordinary editors'?
I have asked some important questions about mediation policy on the policy talk page. Some mediators have shown interest but many have not joined in the discussion despite a personal request to do so. Is the subject simply being ignored or is there furious discussion going on in private? Martin Hogbin (talk) 11:43, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Belated note: I think this issue was resolved with the eventual adoption of an amended provision regarding confidential/off-wiki mediation. AGK   23:19, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I agree the issue has be resolved now. Martin Hogbin (talk) 08:24, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Off-wiki mediation
You seem to have dropped this section from the current policy. Martin Hogbin (talk) 22:10, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Is this because confidential mediation has now been dropped? Martin Hogbin (talk) 11:53, 11 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your note. The draft policy update is in its first phase, and not all the sections that will be in the final draft have been written. Also, some sections that are currently included will not be present in later drafts. The off-wiki/confidential mediation provision will be included in the final draft, and we do not plan to substantially alter the corresponding section of the current draft - nor alter the content that was written in as a result of our discussion some months ago. I do not anticipate that this will change, but if it does I will notify you directly. Regards, AGK  [&bull; ] 12:27, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your response. Martin Hogbin (talk) 13:14, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

New draft
This subject seems to have been dropped in the new draft. Martin Hogbin (talk) 13:17, 4 September 2012 (UTC)