Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Chaps

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

Involved parties edit

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

Articles involved edit

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

Other steps in dispute resolution that have been attempted edit

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

Issues to be mediated edit

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Inclusion/exclusion of ethnographic dictionary as a source

Additional issues to be mediated edit

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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 edit

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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 edit

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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.