Binding mediated consensus decisionmaking on Wikipedia

Links to several recent Wikipedia English Arbitration cases that use binding mediation as a tool to resolve content disputes.

1. w:en:Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Ireland article names Community discussion failed and administrators were chosen by ArbCom to design and lead a Community based process that would led to a binding decision.
2. w:en:Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Macedonia 2 w:en:Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Macedonia) Community discussion with Arbitration Committee designated panel of three uninvolved administrators who assessed the consensus developed during the discussion, and reported the results to ArbCom and the Community. The results was appended onto this case, and the consensus as assessed by the panel will be enforceable as if it were a naming convention.
3. w:en:Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Date delinking Community process that meets the ArbCom case requirement for date delinking and the case was amended with the Community based result.

Binding mediated community discussion has real potential to settle content disputes. The results of these cases need to be evaluated to see if ArbCom enforced binding mediation methods were effective.