As a newcomer to the third opinion scene, I decided it would be a good idea to chart my forays into the wonderful world of dispute resolution.
And yes, this idea was mercilessly pilfered from Fr33kman's log.
| Date | Page | Area of dispute | Outcome / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 October 2010 | Yerevan | Dispute over city area | Ongoing. Suggested using official source from 2004 in the absence of a more recent source. |
| 10 September 2009 | Anna Hassan | Inclusion of blockquotes | Resolved. Suggested using Cite News template, which editors agreed to. |
| 8 July 2009 | Commonwealth realms | Grammar in opening paragraph. | Stale; agreed with a compromise solution offered by one of the disputing parties. Apart from one comment about whether the stat should be included at all, the suggestion was ignored. |
| 19 May 2009 | Ibn al-Nadim | Disagreement over his book's correct spelling. | Stale; noted that although one spelling is favoured in English sources, the second spelling appears to be the original version. Suggested that both spellings are used in the article's lead. My suggestion was ignored and the dispute has since petered out. |
| 5 March 2009 | Serena Williams | Length of article (currently over 110kB) | Stale; repeated the suggestion which has been made in the past about splitting parts of the article into sub-articles. This was the last action as far as this dispute was concerned, with no further action taken by either side. |
| 4 March 2009 | The Mosquito | Suitability of the manufacturer's website as an external link. | Resolved; suggested using the manufacturer's FAQ page as a compromise solution. My suggestion was accepted by one party but was rejected by the other. A compromise was reached by linking to the manufacturer's downloads page. |
| 3 March 2009 | Varèse Sarabande | Whether to include full list of albums in article. | Resolved; due to the sheer size of the list involved, I suggested moving it to a separate article. The suggestion has been agreed to by one party, with no argument from the other, although it has yet to be implemented. |
| 26 February 2009 | William Timmons | Relevance of statement regarding attempted deportation of John Lennon | Resolved; suggested that statement is not relevant as it appears he had no active part in the affair. Despite agreement from one of the parties, the dispute still seems to be ongoing and doesn't look as though it will be solved any time soon. Other users became involved, and after lengthy discussion a consensus was finally reached. |
| 6 February 2009 | WikiProject Professional Wrestling | Whether WWE One Night Stand should be moved to WWE Extreme Rules. | Resolved; suggested that parties wait for official confirmation from WWE before going ahead with renaming article. All parties seem to have agreed to this. |
| 27 January 2009 | State Defense Forces | Whether to include an unofficial state defense force into list of active state forces. | Resolved; both parties agreed to a compromise based on my suggestion (despite it being incorrectly worded!) |
| 22 January 2009 | Power Rangers | Formatting of series table. | Resolved; made a few suggestions, which were largely rejected by parties involved. The warring parties later came to a decision which has now been implemented. |
| 11 December 2008 | WikiProject Fisheries and Fishing | Repeated use of images on project-related articles. | Resolved; suggested removing linkboxes at top of articles to avoid image repetition. Both parties agreed with my suggestion. |