Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Sample

This page is intended as an example of what a request should look like. The template for requests, Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Top/Sample, should be used for all requests (it is pre-loaded when using the inputbox on RfM). This page is a guide, with additional comments in blue to offer advice on filling out the template.

Important: If you have questions or are confused at all, please feel free to ask the Committee chair.

Case name

Title for case: insert the name of the article between the == == above, and affix 2, 3, etc. if there are previous mediations by the same name.

Involved parties

• ArielS
• Walloon

Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:ArielS

Issues to be mediated

• Issue 1 User Walloon is attempting to allege that Katharine Hepburn was a lesbian. These kinds of attacks on dead celebrities should be banned from Wikipedia.

Additional issues to be mediated

• Additional issue 1
• Additional issue 2

This section is for the other party to add any issues that are not included above. User bullet points to add additional issues. This is not a response to the issues set out above, nor is it an opportunity to make a statment of the party's opinion, describe another user's actions, or state the history of the dispute. Only issues are to be added; as above, commentary on persons, rather than issues, will be removed by a member of the Mediation Committee. Excessive or spurrious commentary will also be removed. (Once again, only committee members may remove text from the RfM page.)

Each party should provide the issues to be mediated in a separate section; if there are three parties, then there should be three "issue" sections. Editing of another party's section is not allowed. If any party does not agree to mediate, it is not necessary to fill out these sections; simply indicate "Do not agree" and sign in the section below. If any party refuses to mediate, then the mediation will be automatically rejected.

Parties' agreement to mediate

Agree ArielS 16:58, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

• Accept/Reject/Extend: Reason for rejection (if rejected), additional required information (if extended.)

For the Mediation Committee, (Mediation Committee members only.)

This section should be inserted, but left blank; when the committee decides whether to accept or reject the mediation, the decision will be posted here. If the request is rejected, reasons for rejection will be included here. If it is accepted, it will be moved to a subpage of Requests for Mediation. If the decision is extended pending further information, the information required will be listed here.