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June 2008

Please stop. If you continue to introduce inappropriate pages to Wikipedia, such as International Litigation Network, you will be blocked from editing. andy (talk) 12:22, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Is there any way of getting a "prior ruling" on the text of an article? Ericsherby (talk) 21:24, 30 June 2008 (UTC) E Sherby

Would an entry comparable to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Mundi be acceptable? Thanks, Ericsherby (talk) 12:28, 1 July 2008 (UTC)E Sherby

No, I just requested that one for deletion too. If there are some reliable sources that have written news or journal articles about your firm, those can be used to write an article. If no such sources exist, then it is assumed your firm is not important enough to have it's own Wikipedia article. Not trying to be harsh, but that's the measure used around here for notability. NJGW (talk) 17:28, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Rule of thumb (from WP:N) - "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". If the subject is a commercial organisation then editors tend to be quite critical about what counts as significant andy (talk) 22:01, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

OK, we appreciate hearing that other legal networks are being treated in a like manner. We expect to cite to one ABA publication and that, as a result, our article will be short. Ericsherby (talk) 22:04, 1 July 2008 (UTC) E Sherby

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Speedy deletion of International Litigation Network

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Spam. This article (with various capitalisations) has already been speedied five times. The reference cited is merely an attempt to get round WP:SPAM by making it sound as if this is an article about a point of law rather than an advert. See the editor's talk page. IMHO it's time for a short block

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Spam links

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Likewise International litigation, Enforcement of foreign judgments, etc. andy (talk) 08:38, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

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Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Ericsherby. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Singapore Mediation Convention, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Robert:

At your suggestion, I have reviewed Wikipedia's article "Conflict of Interest" and the FAQs regarding Organizations. There is no reason to conclude that I in any way have a COI with respect to my contribution to the article "Singapore Mediation Convention." Nor does my contribution in any way conflict with Wikipedia's policies regarding organizations (or any other policy). Below I address the COI issue in detail, then I explain the citations in context, and then I compare to other Wikipedia articles.

No Financial (or related) Interest, So No Conflict:

First, I did not "edit" an existing text but added an entirely new section (the "New Section") to the article on the Singapore Mediation Convention. The New Section referred to criticism that has been expressed by two authors -- (a) F. Peter Phillips and (b) myself.

To the best of my knowledge, I have never met or spoken with Mr. Phillips.

I have absolutely no personal, business, or financial relationship with Mr. Phillips whatsoever.

The New Section also refers to an article of mine (21 pages, 49 footnotes) that was recently published in a peer-reviewed publication of the American Bar Association. Other than that, (a) I have no interest in the subject matter, and (b) my law firm has no interest in the subject matter. Without limiting the foregoing, (a) if the Singapore Convention were to be ratified tomorrow, it would have no effect on my personal or financial interests or those of my law firm, and (b) if (at the other extreme) the convention were to be abrogated tomorrow, it would have no effect on my personal or financial interests or those of my law firm.

I am not a mediator.

The New Section is not about me, my family, friends, clients, employer/ee, or any other "relationship" of mine. The references to me merely reflect that I am the one who authored the peer-reviewed article.

In summary, the entire "COI checklist" is negative. I have no COI.

Content – Criticism in Context:

The New Section meets all of Wikipedia's criteria as to verifiability –

a) The New Section expresses criticism – by citing to published sources (one of which is a peer-reviewed article) – of the treaty that is the subject of the article entitled "Singapore Mediation Convention";

b) The New Section accurately summarizes that peer-reviewed article.

The New Section also complies with the Wikipedia rules regarding neutral point of view. In this context, please note that the New Section uses the phrase "Sherby argues" four times. The verb "argues" is a neutral term.

Any reader is obviously free to conclude that a particular argument is not persuasive. If so, such a reader would be free to edit by citing to any published source that refutes such argument. However, a Wikipedia article that merely states that the author of an article (published elsewhere) has made one or more arguments in no way means that such author has any type of COI.

The New Section states that my (published) article is "more comprehensive" than that of Phillips. Most people would agree that a 21-page article is more comprehensive than a three-page article. Obviously if there were to be a Wikipedia editor who believes that the Phillips article is (for example) more persuasive than my article (regardless of length), then s/he would be free to add that and explain why. But in light of the very different lengths of the two published articles, it is reasonable to presume that the 21-page article is more comprehensive.

Yet even if one does not want to draw any conclusions based upon the respective lengths, the mere use of the phrase "more comprehensive" is not in any way a reason to conclude that I have any type of a "conflict of interest." As explained above, I do not.

The Singapore Convention is a relatively new convention. I know of no other published articles that criticize it. As more is published on the topic, perhaps (a) the references in the New Section to my published article will eventually become obsolete, or (b) a more comprehensive article will be published (elsewhere), necessitating some other change(s) in the New Section. But such future possibilities do not mean that there is any current reason for the New Section (as is) to be excluded.

If Wikipedia deletes the New Section in its entirety, it will create the false impression that the convention has come under no criticism. That would be a severe disservice to any reader of the article on the Singapore Mediation Convention.

References to Non-Wikipedia Criticism, From Published Works, Is Entirely Consistent With Wikipedia Policy and Practice: There are countless other Wikipedia articles that include expressions of criticism of the subject of that article. Some examples:

a) "Scholar Rainer Enrique Hamel has criticized the Arts & Humanities Citation Index for its poor reflection of scientific production in languages other than English," in Arts and Humanities Citation Index;

b) "Walter Savitch has criticized the terminology "context-sensitive" as misleading and proposed "non-erasing" as better explaining the distinction between a CSG and an unrestricted grammar," in Context-sensitive Grammar;

c) "The European Union's East StratCom Task Force has criticized NewsPunch for spreading Russian propaganda," in NewsPunch;

d) "Norwegian lawyer Fredrik S. Heffermehl has criticized the management of the Peace Prize," in Nobel Peace Prize; and

e) "The Simon Wiesenthal Center has criticized The New York Times for printing cartoons regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that were claimed to be anti-Semitic," in the New York Times.

From these sources, it is clear that it is acceptable to Wikipedia for an article to include expressions of criticism of the subject of that article – which is another way of saying that the New Section is consistent with Wikipedia policies and practices.

Based on the above facts, I presume that it is clear that I have no conflict of interest whatsoever and that nothing in the New Section contravenes any Wikipedia policy or guidelines.

If you have any questions or wish to receive any further clarifications as to the subject matter, please let me know. THANKS --eric

@Ericsherby: My contention is that it is precisely you are citing your own article, per WP:SELFCITE. Like you have mentioned, the convention is new, and thus criticism may be limited. However citing two, one other and your self with majority of the section from your own article seems excessive and undue, that when I first reverted, and upon re-reading now as well. This is also partly stemmed from the fact that I am unable to find the reference you have cited for your article. My Google-fu may be failing me. Can you point me in the right direction to have a read of the article you wrote? I would suggest that you take the route of proposing the edits in the Talk page of the article and have the community review. – robertsky (talk) 15:07, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

OK for me to send to your e-mail address??

yea. sure, if there's no online location of that article. – robertsky (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 15:15, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Robert: Upon further consideration, it occurred to me that there is a rather simple solution that does not water-down the content. I set it forth below:

"

Criticism of the Convention

One of the first published criticisms of the Singapore Convention was expressed, in a blog post, by F. Peter Phillips (New Jersey), who criticized the convention for opening the door to motion practice concerning alleged mediator misconduct. Phillips questions whether mediators should be required to testify in enforcement proceedings, and he also questions the applicable standard for determining whether any "mediator misconduct" took place.

A more comprehensive critique of the Convention was voiced by Eric Sherby (Israel). Writing in the American Bar Association's International Dispute Resolution News, Sherby argues as follows:

a) there is little empirical evidence of a need for a multi-lateral treaty governing the enforceability of settlement agreements arrived at through mediation.

b) Article 5, section 1 of the Singapore Convention will serve to undermine the enforcement of such agreements. Article 5, Section 1 authorizes a court in the state in which enforcement is sought to consider the mediator's "breach" of applicable standards as a possible defense to enforcement. The "mediator misconduct" defense invites recalcitrant disputants to raise the issue of "mediator breach" in an inconvenient forum, and the convention should have required the court in the state of enforcement to consider such defense only if the court also considers the issue of good faith reliance by the party that seeks enforcement.

c) the convention's exclusion provision regarding "employment law" is drafted in a manner likely to encompass disputes other than those between an employer and an employee and that such flaw could have been avoided if the Singapore Convention had used language similar to that used in the Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements.

" Do you agree? Thanks, ESS