Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Corporals killings

Formal mediation case
Formal mediation case
Article	Corporals killings (talk)
Opened	06 Aug 2012
Mediator	Not yet assigned
Status	Closed
Notes	2/3 of editors topic-banned
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Resolved:

more than half of the listed disputants were subsequently topic-banned at WP:AE from pages concerning The Troubles

This mediation case is closed. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this case page.

Corporals killings edit

Users involved in dispute

FergusM1970 (talk · contribs), filing party
Flexdream (talk · contribs)
One_Night_In_Hackney (talk · contribs)
TheOldJacobite (talk · contribs)
Domer48 (talk · contribs)
Mabuska (talk · contribs) Self-listed at 15:29, 8 August 2012 (UTC). AGK [•] 22:57, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Articles concerned in this dispute

Corporals killings (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Other steps of dispute resolution that have been attempted

Link here to attempts at dispute resolution.

[1] (Now closed due to editors' failure to participate)

Issues to be mediated edit

Primary issues

The term "summary execution" has been repeatedly used to refer to the killing of two British soldiers by the Provisional IRA in 1988. I regard this as POV, as an execution is generally accepted to be a judicially sanctioned killing carried out by a state or authorised body as punishment for a crime. The vast majority of sources describing this particular incident use the terms "murder" or "killing," with only a very few using "summary execution." I am concerned that the use of this term gives an impression of legitimacy by implying that the two men were legally killed as punishment for a crime, rather than simply for being who they were, and therefore violates WP:NPOV.

Additional issues (added by other parties)

Additional issue 1
Additional issue 2

Parties' agreement to mediation edit

All parties please indicate below whether they agree to mediation of this dispute; remember to sign your post. Extended comments should be made on case talk page. Every party listed above will be automatically notified that this request has been filed.

Agree. FergusM1970 (talk) 12:11, 6 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Agree, with the caveat that the request contains numerous inaccuracies that have been pointed out time after time. 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 12:23, 6 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Agree, per One Night In Hackney. ---The Old Jacobite_{The '45} 15:03, 6 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Agree, per One Night In Hackney. --Domer48_'fenian' 15:17, 6 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Agree. --Flexdream (talk) 16:15, 6 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Agree. I've joined the debate. Mabuska ^(talk) 15:29, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Parties' agreement to ItsZippy's offer edit

ItsZippy (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), an experienced editor and current candidate to join the Mediation Committee, has accepted an offer to be assigned as the mediator to this case. Only credible nominees non-members may be assigned as a mediator to the committee's cases. However, because ItsZippy is not a member of the Committee at the moment, the Mediation Committee requires that the parties specify that they consent to a non-Committee member mediating this case.

Therefore, I ask that all the parties to this case indicate below whether they "agree" or "disagree" to ItsZippy mediating this dispute. The same format as in the above section should be used here. Thank you.

For the Mediation Committee, AGK [•] 22:56, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. --Flexdream (talk) 23:20, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[2] --AGK[reply]
Agree.--FergusM1970^{Let's play Freckles} 01:04, 16 August 2012 (UTC) [3] --AGK[reply]
Agree. 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 06:42, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Agree.--Domer48_'fenian' 06:44, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee edit

A member of the Mediation Committee will indicate whether this request is to be accepted or rejected. Notes concerning the request and questions to the parties may also be posed by a committee member in this section.

Accept. For the Mediation Committee, AGK [•] 12:48, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Reject. More than half of the editors have been topic banned from Troubles-related disputes. For the mediation committee, Xavexgoem (talk) 13:36, 18 August 2012 (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.