FamilySearch Wiki talk:Mediation

Etiquette Guidelines

 * Civility and Polite Discourse is one of the Policies of the FamilySearch Research Wiki. Related to the Civility policy are the Etiquette Guidelines. These guidelines can assist authors in resolving their own disputes and avoiding the need for Mediation.
 * Please join the discussion about Etiquette Guidelines that will encourage and help users understand the best practices for working in a community-driven environment.

Members of Mediation Committee

 * Currently, any member of the FamilySearch Research Wiki development team and also any moderator can serve on the mediation committee.
 * Please add your suggestions for identifying or volunteering to be a member of the mediation committee:

Requesting Mediation

 * How should someone request mediation?

Requesting Arbitration

 * Arbitration is available when disputes are not related to article content. Please join the discussion about the Arbitration Request process.

Informal mediation
In creating some of the pages to document the FamilySearch Wiki:Dispute resolution process I mirrored the structure used by, including the name that they use for the group that oversees informal mediation requests -. What should be the name of the group that handles informal mediation in this wiki? --Steve 17:05, 17 December 2009 (UTC)


 * For the sake of ease in communication, I was leaning toward calling it "Informal mediation." -Franjensen 20:45, 17 December 2009 (UTC)