Wikipedia talk:Requests for mediation/Criticism of the Roman Catholic Church

Request for comment

Hi there. On the main mediation page, it says that there has been an RfC for this article - could someone possibly link to this for me? I'm struggling to find it. Thanks, Ryan Postlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or let's have banter} 23:51, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

short answer/

Longer answer: RFC most likely "timed out." They are taking forever nowdays for some reason. I realize this sounds disingenuous but I did want to list it as an "attempt" at RFC - we were thinking about it, for all the good it does. In this case, we probably were not going to be able to settle this with one opinion.

My RFC was limited anyway, to the one case of the Fernandez footnote conjuring a 30,000 dead figure from an unrevealed "contemporary source." We questioned whether Fernandez was a reliable source given his background as a protester rather than a historian and a syllabus dismissing him as a serious historian. This might be a good place to start BTW,

WP:RELY, since the scope appears to me to be limited.Student7 (talk) 13:45, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply

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Mediator comment

Hello. Sorry for the brief delay in beginning the mediation. I had a bout with the flu, but you now have my full attention. To clarify how this process will work, my role here is to help you reach agreement on the issues in dispute. I will ask questions and possibly make suggestions, but I will not "rule" or "take sides". Hopefully by the end of this mediation you will be able to reach an outcome that is acceptable to all of you. I will try to guide you as to what issues it might be helpful for you to discuss - but this process is about you. If you're unhappy with the way things are going at any time, please let me know.

If you have any questions, you may contact me at any time, either via my talkpage or by email if you prefer. KillerChihuahua^?!? 13:22, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Initial statements

While the discussions have been ongoing with some progress, I think the they suffer sometimes for lack of focus, which I hope this mediation will provide.Student7 (talk) 13:35, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think we are now also suffering from lack of participation. KillerChihuahua^?!? 02:41, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]