User:Bcorr/mediation statement draft

Draft Statement

Concerning the mediation requested by the Arbitration Committee regarding User:Anthony DiPierro and a number of other users:

Although the members of the Mediation Committee have been willing to conduct a mediation and have solicited possible participants, to date no one has stepped forward to be a second party. As it has been the committee's experience that attempting to conduct a mediation discussion with only one party has not been successful, it seems best to wait until there are additional parties willing to participate. Anthony has demonstrated his willingness to mediate; but his adversaries have not. Until they do, we must consider Anthony a Wikipedian in good standing, and any comments to the contrary a demonstration of incivility.

The Mediation Committee is more than willing to mediate this case if and when anyone comes forward with specific concerns.

BCorr & sannse, Co-chairs
On behalf of the Mediation Committee

Mediation Committee opinion on the statement

Approved:

sannse (also agree with llywrch below)
BCorr
llywrch
SweetLittleFluffyThing
Tuf-Kat
Angela (I agree with this and with what llywrch wrote below)
Dante Alighieri (I also agree with llywrch's comment)
Danny 20:03, 15 May 2004 (UTC) (agree with this and llywrch's comment)
Thank you, mediators and mediatee(s) alike. Mediation is much harder than arbitration, and I'm proud to be associated with Wikipedians of this caliber! --Uncle Ed 12:12, 17 May 2004 (UTC)

Not Approved:

Comments/other:

llywrch -- I approve this statement, but since I'd like to voice an opinion, I'm posting here.

I am reminded of the statement of countless adults as they settled fights when I was a child: "It takes two to tango!" In other words, while Anthony may not be blameless, for mediation to work, there must be 2 parties willing to participate. Anthony has demonstrated his willingness to mediate; but his adversaries have not. Until they do, we must consider Anthony as a Wikipedian in good standing, & any comments to the contrary a demonstration of incivility.

I second that comment. SweetLittleFluffyThing

I've added in the last two sentences of this as it seems to have general agreement. I think the other point of needing two parties for mediation is covered already. If there are no objections over the next 24 hours then I will pass this on to the arbitration committee. -- sannse (talk) 19:49, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

Nod. ant

I've put this at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Anthony DiPierro, Wikipedia:Requests for mediation and User talk:Anthony DiPierro. If anyone thinks it should go elsewhere too, let me know. -- sannse (talk) 21:05, 16 May 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for taking care of the this everybody! -- BCorr|Брайен 18:35, May 17, 2004 (UTC)

Mediation Committee approval of BCorr & sannse as co-chairs

Approved:

Not Approved:

Comments/other:

I'm really glad that Bcorr and sannse have stepped up to take responsibility for the Mediation Committee. --Uncle Ed 12:06, 17 May 2004 (UTC)