Talk:Burma/Myanmar/Structured mediation

This was an attempt to build consensus on whether the article currently located at Burma should remain there or be moved to Myanmar, another name for the country. So far, attempts at mediation have had very polarised results. This was an effort to bring the large number of arguments which have been used in the discussions together and reach a conclusion that is backed by most if not all participants.

The way this was intended to work is to start from the grassroots basics of naming conventions and propose statements (called "points of consensus") which may follow on from what has already been agreed on. Each point was to be polled for support and the outcome will determine the next point of consensus to be considered. It was hoped that this would eventually conclude with a point worded "______ should therefore be the title of the article." with a clearer consensus behind it.

As the discussion which follows shows, there was not nearly sufficient interest in going down this kind of route to pursue it. It is preserved here for completeness, but it is unlikely that discussion will be revived in this form.

Further discussion of this naming issue should continue on Talk:Burma/Myanmar or Talk:Burma.