Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2010-02-18/Sopaipilla

Wikipedia Mediation Cabal
Article	Sopaipilla
Status	Closed
Request date	16:49, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
Requesting party	Unknown
Mediator(s)	PhilKnight (talk)
Comment	Dispute has calmed down for now, will continue watching.

Request details

Where is the dispute?

The Sopaipilla article.

Who is involved?

• User:JBsupreme
• User:Bill-on-the-Hill and User:Dentren

What is the dispute?

The basic issue is what to do with content that is correct but difficult to source. The particular subject is the South American versions of the sopaipilla (nobody has any bones to pick regarding the New Mexican one, apart from minor issues of what one might term "ownership"). The existence of Chilean and Argentinean sopaipillas is beyond dispute. However, an edit war is developing over the steps to be taken until satisfactory documentation can be found. I (B-o-t-H) am a participant in that edit war but, consistent with the spirit of mediation, will not attempt to represent a point of view here; I will note, however, that there are literally thousands of web pages out there that talk about the disputed subject, but generally do not do so in ways that I, as a writer, would feel comfortable treating as "source" material. So what to do in the interim? Leave up the inadequately sourced material (with appropriate banner) and hope that somebody finds a source that "works"? Or delete it until a source is found (running the risk that no source will be sought, since there's no subject material there that needs it)? That's the root of the edit war, which is a fairly standard example of the tension between "exclusive" and "inclusive" editors.

What would you like to change about this?

It would be good to have consensus on the path forward.

How do you think we can help?

Recommend a path forward.

Mediator notes

Have all parties agreed to mediation? If they have, i'd be willing to take this one. The Wordsmith^Communicate 05:08, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Not to my knowledge. The dispute had died down for a while, but it's back, so in the absence of an agreement to mediation, what's the next step? -- Bill-on-the-Hill (talk) 00:48, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

So it anyone going to act on this? Things have heated up again. :-( -- Bill-on-the-Hill (talk) 20:41, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Have things calmed down again? PhilKnight (talk) 22:42, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Yes, at least for now. Let's keep watching, though. -- Bill-on-the-Hill (talk) 13:33, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Given no-action since april, I'm marking this as closed. Hipocrite (talk) 13:42, 7 October 2010 (UTC)