Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Humble Indie Bundle

Humble Indie Bundle

Request for formal mediation
Article	Humble Indie Bundle (talk)
Submitted	06 Jan 2011
Mediator	Not yet assigned
Status	Awaiting party agreement
Notes	None
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Dispute specifics

Involved users

1. Object404 (talk · contribs), filing party
2. Masem (talk · contribs)

Articles concerned in this dispute

• Humble Indie Bundle (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted

• Talk:Humble Indie Bundle

Issues to be mediated

Primary issues

• Breaking list of games + developers out of sentences for improved readability of the article as per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (embedded lists)#Appropriate_use and navigation to related subjects (participating games and developers).

Compare article readability of:

• Version with bundle contents as child bullets of sentences
• Version with bundle contents inside introductory paragraphs

• User:Masem imposing personal definition of article subject and purpose.
• User:Masem reverting entire series of diffs, removing multiple contributions instead of editing only the parts in dispute.

Additional issues (added by other parties)

• Complaints on the internet about quality and formatting of article as of [bundle contents inside introductory paragraphs this diff]: [1] [2]

Parties' agreement to mediation

All parties please indicate below whether they agree to mediation of this dispute; remember to sign your post. Extended comments should be made on the talk page of this request.

1. Agree. Object404 (talk) 06:53, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

A member of the Mediation Committee will indicate whether this request is to be accepted or rejected. Notes concerning the request and questions to the parties may also be posed by a committee member in this section.

• Parties manually notified. AGK [•] 21:18, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
• Reject. Formal mediation is only for disputes that concern the content of Wikipedia articles. Its purpose is not to settle personal grievances between editors. For the Mediation Committee, AGK [•] 13:21, 28 January 2011 (UTC)