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| Article | Article name (provided by system) |
| Status | New |
| Request date | ~~~~ |
| Requesting party | ~~ |
Request details
Where is the dispute?
This section should explain where the problem is. Link to the articles where the dispute is taking place.
Who is involved?
The list of the users involved. For example:
What is the dispute?
A calm explanation of what the problem is. Be as precise as you wish, but avoid general statements such as "User:X has a POV regarding article Y", as that's usually unhelpful. Provide diffs if possible, but try to keep the description brief. A list of issues that need to be addressed would also help.
What steps have you already taken to try and resolve the dispute?
Talk page discussion and at least one prior good faith attempt at dispute resolution is a bare minimum. (Click your back button and see What Mediation Cabal is Not for help.) If this has not occurred, then you shouldn't be here. Please provide a link to the prior dispute resolution discussion and if the issues have been discussed elsewhere, provide a link to that discussion as well.
What issues needs to be addressed to help resolve the dispute
Describe the issues that are causing this dispute to get stuck. Does the conversation need better structure? Are folks having difficulty communicating? Are they talking past each other? Stuff like that.
What can we do to help resolve this issue?
We are here to help you, but we need to know how. Sometimes mediators will look at a dispute and have no idea where to start, so please help us out. Do note that we will not "take sides" in any dispute. And finally:
Do you realise that mediation requires an open mind, collaborating together in an environment of camaraderie and mutual respect, with the understanding that to reach a solution, compromise is required?
Mediator notes
Administrative notes
 | Since there is no qualification procedure to become a MedCab mediator and since any Wikipedia editor can volunteer in any mediation case to be a mediator, each participant in a dispute should carefully examine the background and experience of any editor who volunteers to mediate a case and should feel free to reject any mediator who they believe is not suitable. Rejection by one or more participants of a mediator or rejection of participation in the mediation for any other reason does not mean that the mediation cannot move forward with that mediator or with the remaining participants, but it may substantially lessen the possibility that consensus to settle the dispute will be achieved. (Mediation cannot, by policy, provide a binding result but can only help the parties reach consensus.) |