Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Kashmir - the most dangerous place in the world

Kashmir - the most dangerous place in the world

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

Editors involved in this dispute

1. Maakhter (talk · contribs) – filing party
2. NickGibson3900 (talk · contribs)

Articles affected by this dispute

1. Kashmir - the most dangerous place in the world (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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Issues to be mediated

What is this dispute about? What sections, sentences, or issues in the article(s) can you not agree on? If you are the editor who opened this request, list these issues to be mediated under "Primary issues". If you did not open this request, you can add additional issues to be mediated under "Additional issues". The issues to be mediated would be properly agreed upon later, if this request for mediation is accepted.

Primary issues (added by the filing party)

1. The topic "Kashmir - the most dangerous place in the world" was the opinion of President Bill Clinton. However, his opinion was supported by the facts presented in a book, “Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy and the Bomb” by former US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott.

1. This book is praised by prestigious institutions such as Yale and Foreign Affairs (http://www.foreignaffairs.com).

Additional issues (added by other parties)

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Parties' agreement to mediation

If you are a named party, please sign below and indicate whether you agree or refuse to participate in mediation. Remember that all editors are obliged to resolve disputes about content through discussion, mediation, or other similar means. If you do not wish to participate in mediation, you must arrange another form of dispute resolution. Comments and questions should be made underneath the numbered list below, to avoid confusion.

1. Agree. Maakhter (talk) 06:45, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Decision of the Mediation Committee

This section should only be edited by a mediator. The Mediation Committee's representative will indicate in due course whether the request is accepted (meaning a mediator will be assigned) or rejected (meaning you will have to try a different type of dispute resolution). If the mediator asks you a question in this section, you may edit here.

• Reject: Fails prerequisites for mediation #4, "The parties must have first engaged in extensive discussion of the matter in dispute at the article talk page," and #8, "No related dispute resolution proceedings are active in other Wikipedia forums". This is a case pending before Articles for Deletion (case page is here which is, in effect, a dispute resolution procedure. Maakhter should make his case for retention at that page. For the Mediation Committee, TransporterMan (TALK) 14:05, 23 October 2014 (UTC) (Chairperson)