Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Top/Instructions
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File a request
- To file a request for mediation
- Go to Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/File, and use the request creation box.
- Before filing a request
- Please read the guide to filing a case and list of common reasons cases are rejected before filing a request.
- Check that the dispute has already been through prior informal dispute resolution (e.g., an article request for comment, a Mediation Cabal case, or similar) before requesting formal mediation.
- After filing the request
- Notify all the parties to the case of the Request for mediation (using the text
{{Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/OpenNote}}
or this utility). All parties must agree to the mediation within seven days or it will not be accepted. - Please consider watchlisting the case page, as a member of the MedCom may put queries to the parties or submit further suggestions.
- Notify all the parties to the case of the Request for mediation (using the text