Wikipedia Mediation Cabal | |
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Status | Closed |
Request date | Unknown |
Requesting party | JuJube ( talk · contribs) |
Parties involved | Vorteus ( talk · contribs), Mr.bonus ( talk · contribs), Coolgamer ( talk · contribs), Kung Fu Man ( talk · contribs), kelvSYC ( talk · contribs), Dan Lander ( talk · contribs), SeizureDog ( talk · contribs), Jonny2x4 ( talk · contribs) |
Mediator(s) | Flakeloaf ( talk · contribs), Vassyana ( talk · contribs) |
Comment | When reopened, a clear strong consensus was displayed, with very few and limited objections to the consensus. Unanimous assent is not required for consensus. A supermajority supports the previous compromise and is unwilling to further accomodate the dissenting view. Therefore, I have closed the mediation accordingly. |
[[Category:Wikipedia Medcab closed cases|]][[Category:Wikipedia medcab maintenance|]]
Please observe Wikipedia:Etiquette and Talk Page Etiquette in disputes. If you submit complaints or insults your edits are likely to be removed by the mediator, any other refactoring of the mediation case by anybody but the mediator is likely to be reverted. If you are not satisfied with the mediation procedure please submit your complaints to Wikipedia talk:Mediation Cabal.
It seems as though a compromise has been worked out. See compromise offers and the copious discussion below. Vassyana 07:46, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Case reopened per request. Vassyana 22:25, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Closing. Vassyana 17:04, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
In addition to the "column A vs. column B" options, it's been suggested that common names be adopted, with the clarification that a character's "common name" is the one used to refer to them during character selection, including an announcer's voiceover if any. This means Street Fighter characters' names would be the so-called "common names", while other characters such as those from Samurai Showdown & Virtua Fighter, would retain their full names.
It seems as though a consensus has been reached. Full names should be used when they appear in-game, otherwise common names should be used. Is this correct? Vassyana 07:48, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
What is flawed about the statement of compromise above? Please be specific, but concise. Vassyana 22:25, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
It had appeared to me that the discussion closed with the compromise contrary to whatever consensus we had (which was almost what KFM had proposed), and foul play is afoot just because some party wants it "their way". Let's see what case the party reopening the debate has to defend the reopening with. kelvSYC 03:29, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
My logic is that Wikipedia is and has always been a factual encyclopedia. Regarding the naming convention regarding Vega, Balrog, and M. Bison, the proper names as they were first released in Japan, the creating nation, should be used as fact. M. Bison's character is a direct play on Mike Tyson, and the joke makes no sense with the name change. Also, other video game characters that have articles follow the "nation of origin" rule. Take a look at Doctor Eggman. Instead of the article being named "Dr. Robotnik". Despite being known as such in America and Europe, in Japan, the character has always been named Dr. Eggman, and that is the name that should be used for a factual article. The difference in U.S. and Europe names should be explained on the articles, but the Japanese names are canon. They have always been known as such, they are what they were first named, and they are still called by those names in the nation they were invented in, along with most die-hard fans insisting on using the proper names. I don't see the problem here, and it seems painfully obvious to me that the names should be changed to reflect factual data. Coolgamer 03:37, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
This is absurd to reopen this: none of us is even discussing this any further, and the agreement was reached. I move to close this once more. What say you?-- Kung Fu Man 13:20, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
The first part of our chat can be found here
the second part of the discussion can be found here /Archive 2
Wikipedia Mediation Cabal | |
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Status | Closed |
Request date | Unknown |
Requesting party | JuJube ( talk · contribs) |
Parties involved | Vorteus ( talk · contribs), Mr.bonus ( talk · contribs), Coolgamer ( talk · contribs), Kung Fu Man ( talk · contribs), kelvSYC ( talk · contribs), Dan Lander ( talk · contribs), SeizureDog ( talk · contribs), Jonny2x4 ( talk · contribs) |
Mediator(s) | Flakeloaf ( talk · contribs), Vassyana ( talk · contribs) |
Comment | When reopened, a clear strong consensus was displayed, with very few and limited objections to the consensus. Unanimous assent is not required for consensus. A supermajority supports the previous compromise and is unwilling to further accomodate the dissenting view. Therefore, I have closed the mediation accordingly. |
[[Category:Wikipedia Medcab closed cases|]][[Category:Wikipedia medcab maintenance|]]
Please observe Wikipedia:Etiquette and Talk Page Etiquette in disputes. If you submit complaints or insults your edits are likely to be removed by the mediator, any other refactoring of the mediation case by anybody but the mediator is likely to be reverted. If you are not satisfied with the mediation procedure please submit your complaints to Wikipedia talk:Mediation Cabal.
It seems as though a compromise has been worked out. See compromise offers and the copious discussion below. Vassyana 07:46, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Case reopened per request. Vassyana 22:25, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Closing. Vassyana 17:04, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
In addition to the "column A vs. column B" options, it's been suggested that common names be adopted, with the clarification that a character's "common name" is the one used to refer to them during character selection, including an announcer's voiceover if any. This means Street Fighter characters' names would be the so-called "common names", while other characters such as those from Samurai Showdown & Virtua Fighter, would retain their full names.
It seems as though a consensus has been reached. Full names should be used when they appear in-game, otherwise common names should be used. Is this correct? Vassyana 07:48, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
What is flawed about the statement of compromise above? Please be specific, but concise. Vassyana 22:25, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
It had appeared to me that the discussion closed with the compromise contrary to whatever consensus we had (which was almost what KFM had proposed), and foul play is afoot just because some party wants it "their way". Let's see what case the party reopening the debate has to defend the reopening with. kelvSYC 03:29, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
My logic is that Wikipedia is and has always been a factual encyclopedia. Regarding the naming convention regarding Vega, Balrog, and M. Bison, the proper names as they were first released in Japan, the creating nation, should be used as fact. M. Bison's character is a direct play on Mike Tyson, and the joke makes no sense with the name change. Also, other video game characters that have articles follow the "nation of origin" rule. Take a look at Doctor Eggman. Instead of the article being named "Dr. Robotnik". Despite being known as such in America and Europe, in Japan, the character has always been named Dr. Eggman, and that is the name that should be used for a factual article. The difference in U.S. and Europe names should be explained on the articles, but the Japanese names are canon. They have always been known as such, they are what they were first named, and they are still called by those names in the nation they were invented in, along with most die-hard fans insisting on using the proper names. I don't see the problem here, and it seems painfully obvious to me that the names should be changed to reflect factual data. Coolgamer 03:37, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
This is absurd to reopen this: none of us is even discussing this any further, and the agreement was reached. I move to close this once more. What say you?-- Kung Fu Man 13:20, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
The first part of our chat can be found here
the second part of the discussion can be found here /Archive 2