Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Nanking Massacre

Nanking Massacre[edit]

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Resolved:

Closed due to inactivity.

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Filed: 15:38, August 19 2006 (UTC)

Involved parties[edit]

Articles involved[edit]

Nanking Massacre

Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted:[edit]

Talk page discussion and informal poll I requested a discussion on what tag people would prefer to use, but even though more people said "massacre" at the time, users refused to accept it.

Issues to be mediated[edit]

Is it appropriate to use the "genocide" category tag for this article?
If genocide is appropriate, why doees it need the "massacre" category tag as well?

Additional issues to be mediated[edit]

None

Parties' agreement to mediate[edit]

All parties should sign below, indicating that they agree to mediate the issue. If any party fails to sign, or if a party indicates they do not agree, then the mediation will be rejected. Only signatures and "agree" or "disagree" should appear here; any comments will be removed.

Agree. John Smith's 15:38, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Disagree. Vsion 18:06, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Agree. --- Hong Qi Gong 18:22, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee[edit]

Accept: (excluding Vsion, who does not agree to mediation)

For the Mediation Committee, —Guan aco 03:41, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Closed; this case should not have been accepted, as all parties did not agree to mediate. Essjay (Talk) 01:45, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.