Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Woody Allen

Woody Allen - violation of NPOV and BLP by user Hullaballoo Wolfowitz

The filing party (the editor who opened this request) will add the basic details for this dispute below.

Editors involved in this dispute

1. Clubintheclub (talk · contribs) – filing party
2. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk · contribs)
3. Clubintheclub (talk · contribs)

Articles affected by this dispute

1. Woody Allen (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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Issues to be mediated

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Primary issues (added by the filing party)

1. Do the sexual abuse allegations against Woody Allen warrant discussion in his BLP page?
2. Do the sexual abuse allegations against Woody Allen warrant a subsection under Personal Life in his BLP page?
3. Are the additions by Clubintheclub (talk · contribs) written with an NPOV and are they cited by credible sources?

Additional issues (added by other parties)

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1. Agree. Clubintheclub (talk) 17:04, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

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Summary of Request

I am filing a request for mediation with a disagreement between myself Clubintheclub (talk · contribs) and Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk · contribs) regarding the Woody Allen page. I have added a section, reproduced below, discussing allegations of sexual abuse against Woody Allen leveled by his daughter, Dylan. This section does not accuse him of committing a crime, but discuss a matter of great interest to the public and the media at large. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk · contribs) has reverted those changes without very much explanation and without engaging in the discussion I created on the Talk page. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk · contribs) has also violated the 3 Revert policy.

BLP Policy

Per the BLP policy and examples, the additions are relevant (see example of the Politician alleged to have an affair below).

Public figures

In the case of public figures, there will be a multitude of reliable published sources, and BLPs should simply document what these sources say. If an allegation or incident is noteworthy, relevant, and well documented, it belongs in the article – even if it is negative and the subject dislikes all mention of it. If you cannot find multiple reliable third-party sources documenting the allegation or incident, leave it out.

• Example: "John Doe had a messy divorce from Jane Doe." Is this important to the article, and was it published by third-party reliable sources? If not, leave it out, or stick to the facts: "John Doe and Jane Doe were divorced."
• Example: A politician is alleged to have had an affair. He or she denies it, but multiple major newspapers publish the allegations, and there is a public scandal. The allegation belongs in the biography, citing those sources. However, it should only state that the politician was alleged to have had the affair, not that he or she actually did. If the subject has denied such allegations, that should also be reported.

Summary of Additions that are being Reverted

Sexual Abuse Allegations

During the divorce proceedings between Mia Farrow and Allen, Farrow alleged that Allen had sexually molested their adopted daughter Dylan, who was then seven years old. The judge eventually found that the sex abuse charges were inconclusive. Allen was accused of "[sticking] his finger up her vagina and [kissing] her all over in the attic". These allegations were never proven in court and Allen denied molesting Dylan. As an adult, Dylan (whose name has now been changed), has spoken out against Allen and confirmed that he sexually abused her when she was 7 years old. In an interview, Dylan told Vanity Fair, “There’s a lot I don’t remember, but what happened in the attic I remember. I remember what I was wearing and what I wasn’t wearing.”