WP:RFM

This user subpage is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference.
If you want to revive discussion regarding the subject, you might try contacting the user in question or seeking broader input via a forum such as the village pump.
The Mediation Committee has been disbanded as a result of this discussion.
Other dispute resolution processes should be used for content issues.

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The Mediation Committee was a panel of editors who resolved content disputes on Wikipedia articles by providing formal mediation. The Mediation Committee was established with the Arbitration Committee in 2003 by Jimmy Wales and was the last stage of content dispute resolution on the English Wikipedia. Mediation was entered into voluntarily by the parties to the dispute and did not result in binding resolutions. The Mediation Committee policy documented how the Mediation Committee, its mediators, and the formal mediation process operated. This policy was maintained by the Committee and was considered an authoritative codification of how Committee matters should be conducted.

After a substantial period of inactivity, the Mediation Committee was shut down by community consensus on 12 November 2018.

Archives

For a list of declined requests, go to Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Rejected cases.
Previous requests for mediation are indexed below. Please note that mediation often took place on the talk page; the latter box allows those pages to be searched.

Click 'show' to view an index of all archives

Closed mediation cases (accepted requests)

Rejected mediation request pages

The intermediary step in the dispute resolution is a request for mediation. There are several steps to take before reaching this instance of the dispute resolution process. If none of these routes are followed first it is very likely that your request will be rejected.

These steps should be taken before presenting a case before the Mediaton Committee:
- Talk to the parties involved.
- Discuss with third parties.
- Conduct a survey.

For more information, see Wikipedia:Resolving disputes.

If these steps have failed, and you see no reasonable chance that the matter can be resolved in another manner, you may request the intervention and mediation of the Mediation Committee.

Please place comments on the talk page, not here.

Structure of this page

The procedure for accepting requests is described in the Mediation policy. Important points:

Be brief. Put a quick list of the nature of the complaints. Place the request itself on this page, rather than a subpage, but if you need to, link to detailed commentary and/or evidence in the standard template format elsewhere.
You are required to place a notice on the user talk page that you have requested help from the Mediation Committee. You should confirm this by providing diffs of the notification at the bottom of your complaint.
Please sign and date at least your original submission with "~~~~."
New requests to the top, please.

New requests

Template

Involved parties

Confirmation that all parties are aware of the request

Statement by party 1

Please limit your statement to 500 words

Statement by party 2

Please limit your statement to 500 words

Mediation Committee's recommendations on this matter