[WikiEN-l] Re: Arbitration Commitee Seeking Comment

[David 'DJ' Hedley]

I think theres one issue that your missing here with mediation - Most
parties that get to the point of arbitration have no desire to allow
mediators to get involved, and have no desire to even consider discussing
the situation.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MacGyverMagic/Mgm" <macgyvermagic at gmail.com>
To: "Rebecca" <misfitgirl at gmail.com>; "English Wikipedia"
<wikien-l at wikipedia.org>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Re: Arbitration Commitee Seeking Comment


> Now you're talking. I think this would solve one half of the problem,
> by getting in early - though I still think mediators could do with a
> bit of help learning some skills.
>
> -- ambi

Yes, mediators definitely need to get in earlier. And it might be a
good idea to allow for multi-party mediation if there's 2 distinct
viewpoints being argued.

Also, it was mentioned earlier that Wikipedia as a written medium
isn't the optimal place for mediation. I tend to disagree. The most
important aspect - the mediator "forcing" the parties to get to the
bottom (and therefore the real issues) of their disagreement - should
still work just as well as collaborative editing does. Collaborative
editing may not be as effective as face-to-face teamwork, but it still
works. And I believe that mediation, if performed before things
escalate could work just as well.

--Mgm
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