From: "Daniel Ehrenberg" littledanehren@yahoo.com
[lots of complex procedures]
Really, it is very simple I'll explain it to you so you understand it and I bet you will agree it is not complex. I am just writing three things at the same time and you are getting to see what the mind of a lawyer is like (and for free!) "Oh my do they really think like that!"
Wikipedia's goal is to make an encyclopedia, not a judicial system. Any big debates that are not solved by mediation could just go on village pump, an article talk page, or, if it's really hard to resolve, the mailing list. A private messaging system would be useful (but possibly difficult to impliment), but more than that would be too much. The user talk system seems to work well currently; maybe I missed something about an actual problem with it that's come up. LDan
People need privacy to discover problems. It does not need anything really complex. I used a secure email service that is free. There are also secure chat programs that you can use. It does not have to be done "on Wikipedia" just like this discussion list. And the mediation will not be GFDL it is a private discussion between the parties (one being a representive of the users).
Alex756