Wikipedia:Meditation Cabal

Welcome to the Meditation Cabal of Wikipedia! We may or may not exist. If we exist, we may or may not be a cabal. But should we actually exist, we would recognize that disputes and wikidrama exist between those editors who are themselves convinced of their own existence. Mediation can help where editors have not staked their very existence on the premise of being right, but mediation only succeeds if editors remain cool when the editing gets hot. How can they do so? Meditation. The Meditation Cabal may or may not be able to help - at least, we do not want to not help.

Due to the personal and informal nature of meditation, there is no Meditation Committee, and no formal meditation process. There may or may not be a meditation committee under a different name, but names are unimportant. Look for us where you see us, and nowhere else.

Requests for meditation

There are many types of meditation, depending on what religion you practise, what the dispute is about and what you need from meditation. Sometimes all one needs is a cup of coffee and some deep breathing. What matters is that you stay cool, continue to assume good faith, remain civil and keep rationally thinking of a resolution.

You need not request meditation because you can and should simply engage in meditation on your own, on your own initiative. Meditation is all in the mind. However, for dispute resolution to be successful, all parties should undergo meditation, so after meditating, you can request that other parties follow suit, though they cannot be forced to. If you need someone to provide instruction in meditation or monitor your meditation, you may request one here. A school for meditators is under development, but we need teachers to train the students, so we need someone to train the teachers, which means that someone needs to train the trainers.

After meditation

Once all parties have undergone meditation, the dispute can be peacefully resolved through mediation. The Meditation Cabal would refer the dispute to the Mediation Cabal. If parties are unwilling or unable to undergo meditation, that is a sign that they should be kicked to a transit camp in Siberia.