Wikipedia talk:Dispute resolution noticeboard

Volunteer required for Talk:Hallam FM

Will a volunteer please take this case. Parties involved seem very much interested in a moderated discussion. Yashovardhan (talk) 17:38, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

• @Yashovardhan Dhanania:--To me, this is a case, where I would be cleanly supporting Davey.The only compromise can be that non-wikified names can be added iff that's supported by at least one/two very-strong-source(s), which may not be able to clinch an individual article.That's how things have worked in such cases and I remember having read a quite long discussion on the broad topic somewhere.I would be probably trying to post a statement to Buddaid's t/p, tomorrow, outside of DRN, about why Davey's approach is a much-preffered one.Winged Blades ^Godric 17:59, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

I am taking this case. I hope that the parties want moderated discussion, but they don't act like it. One party referred in an edit summary to "the pathetic excuse that is DRN". I have some motivation to try to improve his outlook, but that isn't a good start. Both parties seem to want to complain about each other. Maybe they will also talk about the article. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:01, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

If another volunteer is willing to take over as moderator, they would be appreciated. I have tried to be neutral and constructive but may have annoyed one or both editors. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:22, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Closing of Talk:2017 FIA_Formula_One_World_Championship#Order_of_Toro_Rosso_drivers

As one of the editors involved in the dispute regarding Talk:2017 FIA_Formula_One_World_Championship#Order_of_Toro_Rosso_drivers, it has come to my attention that Robert McClenon closed the dispute on it at the DRN. While he has multiple reasons for doing this, I would like to bring into question his first reason for closing the discussion, which was that:

"The filing editor was notified by a coordinator that they should notify the other participants in this dispute on their user talk pages, and that this thread would be considered abandoned if that was not done in a timely manner. This thread has been abandoned by failure to notify the other participants."

To my understanding, this is in fact inaccurate, as the filing editor, Wikipediaeditperson, left notifications on each participants talk page, with the only exception being their own talk page, within the time frame given by the coordinator. If this reason for closure is indeed inaccurate, I would like to seek clarification regarding whether the other reasons were enough for closure in and of themselves. Thank you. FactualCollector7d1 (talk) 01:35, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

It was automatically archived by a bot due to the no-archive date being passed without having the no-archive date removed or edited by a volunteer and no activity within 24 hours. I suggest that editors go back to the article talk page and use a Request for Comments. Other options are also available. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:26, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

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This case was archived by a bot while it was being moderated. This happens if the do-not-archive date is passed (without being edited by a volunteer) and there is no activity in 24 hours. If the parties and the moderator want to continue discussion, the case can be un-archived and moved back to the noticeboard. Alternatively, the parties should resume discussion at the article talk page, or use a Request for Comments. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:33, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Undiscussed newsletter

Apparently, Kostas20142 created a newsletter really without discussing it with other volunteers as to 1) whether or not it is even needed given the few volunteers there are, 2) which content should be included if it is even wanted, and 3) whether or not people wanted to even be added to it. Therefore, I am opening this discussion so that it can be hashed out. I am on the verge of proposing some major DRN reform suggestions and will be done with that sometime in December; however, I feel this should be discussed sooner rather than later.

• Volunteers - How often will this be included? To what extent should a newsletter go out in order to catch these changes? How is the volunteer list not enough to track this?
• Awards - I find the awards distracting from the actual goal of the DRN and believe they are rather useless.
• Preceding coordinator - This should say succeeding coordinator.
• Ongoing discussions - Potentially helpful, but it would probably be easier to house the majority of "internal" DRN discussions in one place (such as this page) rather than having multiple discussion pages.

So at this time, I don't really find the "newsletter" useful or needed. I also find the lack of discussion problematic. Nihlus 02:14, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

@Nihlus: To be honest, I'd myself sent a newsletter when I was coordinator (although I discussed it with TransporterMan who ultimately sent it). I'm guessing a newsletter is just a way for a DRN coordinator to inform the volunteers of any major changes that took place (because some volunteers, including myself, may not be actively watching the talk page). I don't think we need to spend time on discussing a protocol for that. One of the duties of the DRN coordinator is to rather keep all volunteers informed of any major changes which a newsletter might serve to do. I'll comment on other points you raised later. Yashovardhan (talk) 17:44, 28 November 2017 (UTC)