Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Romanization of the Russian language

Romanization of the Russian language

Involved parties

Ezhiki (talk · contribs)
Kuban kazak (talk · contribs)

Confirmation that all parties are aware of the request:

Kuban kazak was notified.
An announcement on the Cyrillic naming conventions project talk page was posted.
{{RFMF}} is inapplicable as the issue concerns more than one article.

Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted:

Discussions between these two users with occasional involvement of third parties took place at:

Issues to be mediated

Should the Wikipedia:Naming conventions#Russian names policy (which prescribes using Wikipedia:Romanization of Russian for transliteration of the Russian language) be amended?
Can that policy be ignored because it does not mirror "common English usage"?
Should editors be able to ignore that policy because they do not believe it to be correct?
Can a unilateral exception from that policy be made for the articles pertaining to the Moscow Metro stations (e.g., Template:Sokolnicheskaya Line)?

Explanations, details, and examples will be provided upon request of the Mediation Committee.

Additional issues to be mediated

Additional issue 1
Additional issue 2

Parties' agreement to mediate

All parties should sign below, indicating that they agree to mediate the issue. If any party fails to sign, or if a party indicates they do not agree, then the mediation will be rejected.

Agree.—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 15:36, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Agree. --Kuban kazak 13:45, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Decision of the Mediation Committee

Accept: Mediator to be assigned.

For the Mediation Committee, Essjay ^{Talk • Contact} 22:33, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I accept an assignment to this mediation, and will contact the parties. -Will Beback 20:01, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A new mediator has been requested due to inactivity on the case. I am asking the parties to reconfirm their interest in the mediation, and if they do so, reassigning the case. Essjay ^{Talk • Contact} 01:51, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am willing to take this case on. --Wisd e n17 15:33, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Assigned to Wisden17. Please keep me informed of the status. Essjay ^{Talk • Contact} 02:37, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Parties reconfirmation Parties: Please sign below that mediation is still requested/required.

Agree --Kuban Cossack 10:46, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Agree—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 13:24, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]