Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Palestinian stone-throwing

Palestinian stone-throwing

Editors involved in this dispute

1. Johnmcintyre1959 (talk · contribs) – filing party
2. Nishidani (talk · contribs)
3. Gaijin42 (talk · contribs)
4. Debresser (talk · contribs)
5. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk · contribs)

Articles affected by this dispute

1. Palestinian_stone-throwing

Other attempts at resolving this dispute that you have attempted

• Talk:Palestinian_stone-throwing
• diff

Issues to be mediated

What is this dispute about? What sections, sentences, or issues in the article(s) can you not agree on? If you are the editor who opened this request, list these issues to be mediated under "Primary issues". If you did not open this request, you can add additional issues to be mediated under "Additional issues". The issues to be mediated would be properly agreed upon later, if this request for mediation is accepted.

Primary issues (added by the filing party)

1. This material On 29 October 2015, a video filmed by Yazan Ikhlayel (17) of the Aida Refugee Camp captured an address made from an Israeli military vehicle during a raid into the camp. The speech warned residents that, if they did not desist from stone throwing they would be gassed to death - children, youths and the aged. Referring apparently to the arrest of Qassan Abu Aker, the speaker added that one of the arrested would be killed as the residents looked on if the throwing did not stop. The officer was later suspended from duty.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Gas Video There was brief discussion here. However, attempts to place the material were consistently reverted. The material relates to a fact regarding threats against Palestinian stone throwers, which is the topic of the article, and which is well documented

• Megan Hanna, soldiers tell Palestinians: ‘We will gas you until you die' Ma'an News Agency 30 October, 2015
• Sheren Khalel and Abed al Qaisi, 'WATCH: Israeli forces threaten Palestinian refugees over loudspeaker,' Middle East Eye 30 October 2015
• 'Border cop suspended for threatening to ‘gas’ Palestinians,' [[The Times of Israel], 30 October 2015
• Megan O'Toole, ‘Israeli officer: 'We will gas you until you die',’ Al Jazeera,31 October 2015.
• Reuters, 'Palestinian Teen Killed at Checkpoint — 8-Month-Old Dies After Tear Gas Fired,' The Forward 31 October 2015.
• Gideon Levy, 'Israelis Who Are Lost to Democracy,' Haaretz 31 October 2015.

The reverts were on various grounds including WP:RECENTISM and WP:RS exceptional claims require exceptional sources, and WP:NOCONSENSUS, However others have argued that this material is related to the article, and is reliably sourced. There appear to be two editors supporting its retention, and three arguing for its removal. I am in favour of keeping it.

Additional issues (added by other parties)

• Additional issue 1
• Additional issue 2

Parties' agreement to mediation

If you are a named party, please sign below and indicate whether you agree or refuse to participate in mediation. Remember that all editors are obliged to resolve disputes about content through discussion, mediation, or other similar means. If you do not wish to participate in mediation, you must arrange another form of dispute resolution. Comments and questions should be made underneath the numbered list below, to avoid confusion.

1. Agree. Johnmcintyre1959 (talk) 20:54, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
2. Agree. Will be happy to participate. Please let me know what my next steps are. Debresser (talk) 12:26, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
3. Idem.Nishidani (talk) 12:57, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
4. Not interested. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 20:13, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

This section should only be edited by a mediator. The Mediation Committee's representative will indicate in due course whether the request is accepted (meaning a mediator will be assigned) or rejected (meaning you will have to try a different type of dispute resolution). If the mediator asks you a question in this section, you may edit here.

• Chairperson's note: Unless someone changes their acceptance it does appear that this case will be accepted for mediation, but the accept/reject period will remain open until either all parties have replied or until the 1-week accept/reject period ends. If it is accepted, as appears likely, then I will then make a request for a committee member to volunteer to mediate the case. Members then have 2 weeks to respond. If no member accepts the case, then it will be retroactively rejected for lack of a mediator. For the Mediation Committee, TransporterMan (TALK) 21:43, 11 December 2015 (UTC) (Chairperson)
• Accept. This case is provisionally accepted for mediation. Please read the chairperson's note just above to see what happens next. For the Mediation Committee, TransporterMan (TALK) 22:09, 16 December 2015 (UTC) (Chairperson)
• Reject, retroactively. No member willing to take this case. I let this one run much longer than usual since it was the holiday period, but it was just as well since the filing party was subsequently indefinitely blocked. For the Mediation Committee, TransporterMan (TALK) 18:04, 26 January 2016 (UTC) (Chairperson)