Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Chaps

Chaps

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Filed: 04:10, April 1 2008 (UTC)

Involved parties

Una Smith (talk · contribs), filing party
Montanabw (talk · contribs)
Getwood (talk · contribs)
AeronM (talk · contribs)
C0pernicus (talk · contribs)

Articles involved

Chaps (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted

Discussion and negotiation on talk page
Poll on talk page
Requested assistance from administrator to mediate dispute

Issues to be mediated

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Inclusion/exclusion of ethnographic dictionary as a source

Additional issues to be mediated

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Does the weight of the evidence support the statement that the "traditional" pronunciation of the word "chaps," when used as a garment in the equestrian field, with a "sh" sound or a "ch" sound? (Let's settle the actual dispute, seeing as how we are here) Montanabw^(talk) 22:39, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Rejection by filing party of over 9 sources, including mulitple reliable sources from within the field, discussing actual pronunciation of a word. Montanabw^(talk) 22:39, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Filing party's use of source material out of context Montanabw^(talk) 22:39, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Parties' agreement to mediate

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Agree. Una Smith (talk) 04:10, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
agree--Getwood (talk) 05:00, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Agree. --AeronM (talk) 17:52, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Agree -- Montanabw^(talk) 22:27, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Agree -- C0pernicus (talk) 23:23, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee

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Accept.

For the Mediation Committee, Daniel (talk) 03:00, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Opening. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 03:37, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.