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

Involved parties

• Yahel Guhan ( talk · contribs)
• Beit Or ( talk · contribs)
• Mukadderat ( talk · contribs)
• MarkB2 ( talk · contribs)
• Merzbow ( talk · contribs)
• Matt57 ( talk · contribs)
• Itaqallah ( talk · contribs)
• Umer Al-Amerikee ( talk · contribs)
• Karl Meier ( talk · contribs)
• Arrow740 ( talk · contribs)
• Addhoc ( talk · contribs)
• Lixy ( talk · contribs)

Articles involved

• Islamophobia (  | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted

• Extensive discussion on talk page
• Multiple third opinions
• Diffs: [1]; [2]; [3]; [4]; [5]; [6]; [7]; [8]

Issues to be mediated

• Lead issues:
  • Is the definition of Islamophobia deemed controversial?
  • How best to phrase the opening sentence.
  • Weight distribution with regards to criticism.
• Main article issues:
  • Size and focus of the criticism section.
  • Use of the word "alleged" throughout the article

Additional issues to be mediated

• Inclusion of marginal references, such as Piers Benn in Islamophobia#Islamophobia-phobia, who do not speak within domain their recognized expertise in relation to the subject in question, see Talk:Islamophobia#Opinions of various people.
• Malik's point about Islamophobia being a "myth" is taken out of context [ [9]

Parties' agreement to mediate

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 "agree" or "disagree" and signatures should appear here; any comments will be removed.

1. Agree. Sefringle ^Talk 20:02, 19 June 2007 (UTC) reply
2. Agree. ITAQALLAH 20:31, 19 June 2007 (UTC) reply
3. Agree. Beit Or 20:38, 19 June 2007 (UTC) reply
4. Agree. Karl Meier 20:40, 19 June 2007 (UTC) reply
5. Agree. Matt57 ^{( talk• contribs)} 21:28, 19 June 2007 (UTC) reply
6. Agree. Merzbow 23:37, 19 June 2007 (UTC) reply
7. Agree. Umer Al-Amerikee 00:57, 20 June 2007 (UTC) reply
8. Agree. Mukadderat 04:42, 20 June 2007 (UTC) reply
9. Agree. Addhoc 06:18, 20 June 2007 (UTC) reply
10. Agree. MarkB2 20:29, 20 June 2007 (UTC) reply
11. Agree. Arrow740 09:02, 21 June 2007 (UTC) reply
12. Agree. Lixy 00:26, 10 July 2007 (UTC) reply

Parties' agreement to Messedrocker's offer

Messedrocker ( talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), a very experienced administrator and very capable mediator (and who has served on the Wikinews Arbitration Committee in the past), has accepted an offer to take this case to help out the Mediation Committee with their backlog. However, as Messedrocker is not a member of the Committee at the moment, it is a generally accepted practice that the parties must consent to a non-Committee member mediating a RfM.

As such, can I ask that all parties to the mediation please list whether they "agree" or "disagree" to Messedrocker mediating below, in much the same format as the initial agreement above.

Please note that if consent isn't given by all parties above within seven days, then you will have to wait for a Committee mediator, which could take a fair while at the present rate. On all accounts, I encourage you to take Messedrocker's offer, however the choice is, of course, yours.

For the Mediation Committee, Daniel 06:22, 5 July 2007 (UTC) reply

1. Agree. ITAQALLAH 11:49, 5 July 2007 (UTC) reply
2. Agree. Umer Al-Amerikee 12:37, 5 July 2007 (UTC) reply
3. Agree. Addhoc 22:33, 5 July 2007 (UTC) reply
4. Agree. Sefringle ^Talk 00:43, 6 July 2007 (UTC) reply
5. Agree. MarkB2 02:33, 7 July 2007 (UTC) reply
6. Agree also. -- Matt57 ^{( talk• contribs)} 15:13, 8 July 2007 (UTC) reply
7. Agree. -- Karl Meier 16:41, 8 July 2007 (UTC) reply
8. Agree. Arrow740 07:21, 9 July 2007 (UTC) reply
9. Agree. - Merzbow 23:59, 9 July 2007 (UTC) reply
10. Agree. Lixy 00:26, 10 July 2007 (UTC) reply
11. Agree. Beit Or 21:02, 11 July 2007 (UTC) reply
12. Agree. Mukadderat 15:21, 12 July 2007 (UTC) reply

Decision of the Mediation Committee

A member of the Mediation Committee will indicate acceptance/rejection/other relevant notes in this section. Non-mediators should not edit this section.

Accept.

For the Mediation Committee, Daniel 10:48, 21 June 2007 (UTC) reply