Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Nakba Day

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[edit] Nakba Day

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Filed: 14:41, June 5, 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Involved parties

  1. DKendr, filing party

[edit] Articles involved

[edit] Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted

  • Debates on the Talk page for this article on the neutrality issue have consisted of the pro-Palestinans engaging in name-calling and refusing to state or acknowledge facts.

[edit] Issues to be mediated

The party filing this request uses this section to list the issues for mediation. Other parties can list additional issues in the section below.
  • The pro-Palestinians claim that they were "dispossessed" of the land that became the State of Israel, which never happened, since they were never in possession of the land in the first place.
  • The fact that Arafat decreed this "holiday" in the 1980s as a way to attack Israel's legitimacy.

[edit] Additional issues to be mediated

  • One editor insists on making unilateral edits to remove the POV tag without justification, stating flatly that there is no POV in the article despite obvious and systemic advocacy.

[edit] Parties' agreement to mediate

All parties should sign below, indicating that they agree to mediate the issue. If any party fails to sign, or if a party indicates they do not agree, then the mediation will be rejected. Only "Agree" or "Disagree" and signatures should appear here; any comments will be removed, but can be made at the talk page.
  1. Agree. Dkendr (talk) 14:41, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Decision of the Mediation Committee

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Reject, Request filed improperly; not appropriate for mediation.
For the Mediation Committee, -- tariqabjotu 15:51, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Note

I'm pretty sure that User:Dkendr is referring to me here as the "unilateral" editor. Frankly, I'm not sure that I wish to enter into mediation with such a blatant and unapologetic propagandist in the first place; perhaps I would consider it if a reasonable and neutral mediation request were written. As it is, Dkendr is simply railing against reality, and I see no particular reason to do anything but revert, block, and ignore. <eleland/talkedits> 05:27, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

I should note that I've blocked Dkendr for making repeated personal attacks on other editors. I have to say, having had a look at his contributions, I think this mediation request has been filed in bad faith. -- ChrisO (talk) 00:23, 8 June 2008 (UTC)